I suspect they just 'got on with it' Alan!
Couldn't read, had no TV (such as it is - lucky them with the rubbish around nowadays), did the business of finding food, and then went home to make wheels and fire!
Mrs Growster and I have reverted to this type of lifestyle, no live TV, own pursuits (admittedly reading is top of the list so not a tick there), DVD watching (looking at plants would have been a whole evening's entertainment), and talking to each other with a tincture in hand...
Possibly, one day, the 'experts' will wonder what went wrong, but to normal people, life goes on!
Who needs 'experts' when everything is so clear to reasonable discussion!