Do you think hominids pooped in the same area they ate and slept in?

Question

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Answer 1

When you read historical novels you will find out that people did their things were they where standing, walking, doing whatever they were doing.

When you read websites about this, like "sewage systems" (punch that into your Yahoo searchmachine) you won't believe your eyes.

Until they 1800's nobody knew about the relationship between unsanitary conditions and sicknesses. As a consequence cities stank to heaven and millions of people died in cholera and plague epidemics.

However, when they "pooped" inside the living area they did "clean" it - they threw it n the streets and waited for the rain to wash it away!

Answer 2

Think of the way animals do.  What do you think?

Answer 3

Dogs won't even do that. Give them some credit.

Answer 4

More or less. Depends on where they were living. In caves? Or ancient primitive huts? Almost deafinitly they went outside and went where they felt neccesary... If not they probebly went in the corner...

Answer 5

It depends.

Maybe, b/c they were discovering the world so it probably didn't bother them lol.

Answer 6

NO...

Not even caged animals do that!

Of course, it would depend on how severe the weather conditions were outside, or if they were very ill, but it's a basic instinct for mammals to designate separate areas for these three functions (eating, sleeping, eliminating)...

Answer 7

I'm raising a puppy and housebreaking is one of the challenges. She's been crate trained so nighttime accidents aren't a problem. Why?

To her, the crate is her cave and she instinctively knows not to soil it. Humans can do no less.

The smell and appearance of poo tends to revolt us and trigger a gag reflex. It's composed of material our body couldn't process or stuff that's been discarded by the body as waste.It is a great breeding ground for insects and a number of diseases"flies, fifth, fingers and food" are the main transmitters of disease.

This isn't to say a cave or hut was clean and neat. Most likely there were lice, fleas and people walked around with worms inside them. Most cultures had arrangements to move the waste  from the living areas into the fields where crops grew. In fact, in some nations, that's where the people go to poo.

Considering the disease risk, it's clear that those people that stayed in their filth got sick, died and didn't leave any dependents.