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Based on modelling from other #primates, humans *should* #sleep 11½ hours per night. But we’ve evolved to sleep less, and the invention of cooking freed up hours every day that we would’ve otherwise spent chewing. What we do with that time, conversely, affects our quality of sleep.

David Samson, anthropologist: ‘Humans went through a radical evolutionary experiment. We are the primates that sleep the least’
A new book draws on ethnography, neurobiology, and primatology to argue that our reduced sleep is not a byproduct of modern stress, but an evolutionary advantage.

How often do you remember your dreams?
Has that frequency changed as you've gotten older?
#poll #sleep #psychology

beer for everyone
#photography #photo #sleep #sleeping

"June heatwave in UK led to ‘mass sleep deprivation’, poll suggests"
#UK #UnitedKingdom #Sleep #Health…

June heatwave in UK led to ‘mass sleep deprivation’, poll suggests
Exclusive: Record temperatures fuelled by climate crisis left 86% of homes ‘too hot’ and many people feeling unwell