hocuspocus9538 t1_jaa487d wrote on February 27, 2023 at 11:18 PM

I always assumed that they didn’t because they didnt think the earth orbited the sun. But the length of time of each season was predictable and so maybe that’s how time was tracked especially for people who could read and weren’t taught how to use a calendar.

annomandaris t1_jaas757 wrote on February 28, 2023 at 2:11 AM

Humans had a lunar calendar of 13 months, 28 days, that would have been known soon after modern humans showed up, maybe 80-100K years ago. You need to know if you have 1 month, or 10 before the next snow comes.

That would have nothing to do with orbital mechanics or anything, even if you think apollo is riding thru the sky on his chariot, he's doing it in a predictable pattern, and recognizing patterns is basically a super power for humans, it wouldnt take long for them to keep track of it.