How did the cavepeople keep their hygiene (toilet, bath etc) when they had no soap or paper? didn't they?


Question:
suffer any skin diseases as a consequence or were they immune to them?

Answers:
I think that early man (cavemen) had about as much hygiene as monkeys. They were constantly on the move looking for anything to eat and not be eaten. Life was very short and I don't think it was for some thousands of years before anything like hygiene was considered. They didn't shave, bathe, wipe, have tissues to blow noses, etc. They most likely had lots of skin problems including lice, ticks, and other parasites. Not too glamorous.

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jojoba from plants worked as soap for cleansing. Aloe Vera healed wounds. Communal toilets kept disease and smell down, and different woven fabrics served as towels. Think about it, all the stuff we pay a lot of money for a au naturel places are stuff our ancestors used and took advantage of for free.

they didn't wash havent you ever seen pictures of how we depict their appearance

i agree with puppyfred ,and also think of it, we are really spoiled nowadays, how do you think all the animals survive all their life ,which for may of them is not that short?! i have never heard of lions brushing their teeth, or monkeys taking a bubble bath, but they have their own natural ways of keeping them self's clean .
beside that, when body is exposed to some micro organisms for a long long time it will no more cause disease in the body, they might have been living in a dirtier environment than now but because of over exposure they have had kind of natural immunization .
and of course they have had their own natural remedies for their diseases.from different fruits and herbs.



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