The lowest survival rate jobs in history Safety standards haven’t always been what they are today, and for the vast majority of human history, people were given the option of doing something that could kill them, or simply starve to death. After the medieval period...
The first ever structure built by humans What we recognize as humans have only been around for just under 300,000 years, evolving from a string of species very close to, but not quite humans as we know them today. A major change in human evolution occurred around...
Unexplained creations of our ancestors Even though many ancient cultures didn’t have a written language we still know a huge amount about them because after all, they were just like us but much more primitive. They still needed to farm crops and build homes just like...
How far can a medieval army march in a day? What people consider bushcraft and survival skills today would be common knowledge for people during the medieval period, and surviving a long journey would require more than just the ability to walk. In a time before the...
How did our ancestors make leather The oldest known piece of leather in the world was discovered in a cave in the Vayotz Dzor province of Armenia and is thought to be from around 3,500 BCE which would make it about 500 years older than the pyramids of Giza. Even...
How did our ancestors discover Bronze? The Stone Age is considered the period in human history where the most advanced things on the planet that people were able to create were sharpened pieces of stone, but this invention was more important than it sounds. Hunting...
Unexplained creations of our ancestors
Bushcraft and survival frequently asked questions
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Survival Recipes Through the Ages
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Survival myths that could get you hurt part 2
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