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Sleep patterns. Nature or Nurture?
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RE: Sleep patterns. Nature or Nurture?
July 6, 2016 at 4:19 am
(July 4, 2016 at 7:14 am)ignoramus Wrote: I can't see any evolutionary benefit to that one though Rob?  Was it theorised in a doco or something?
Be aware and awake during the day seems the most beneficial?

Sure it could. If you as a hunter-gatherer needed to hunt and gather efficiently to sock away winter stores, there's definitely an advantage to being able to stay up - you can stay on your prey or on foraging that much longer.
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Sleep patterns. Nature or Nurture? - by ignoramus - July 4, 2016 at 6:58 am
RE: Sleep patterns. Nature or Nurture? - by robvalue - July 4, 2016 at 7:09 am
RE: Sleep patterns. Nature or Nurture? - by Jackalope - July 6, 2016 at 4:15 am
RE: Sleep patterns. Nature or Nurture? - by ignoramus - July 4, 2016 at 7:14 am
RE: Sleep patterns. Nature or Nurture? - by Gemini - July 5, 2016 at 8:30 pm
RE: Sleep patterns. Nature or Nurture? - by ignoramus - July 5, 2016 at 11:02 pm
RE: Sleep patterns. Nature or Nurture? - by Jackalope - July 6, 2016 at 4:19 am
RE: Sleep patterns. Nature or Nurture? - by robvalue - July 4, 2016 at 8:13 am
RE: Sleep patterns. Nature or Nurture? - by robvalue - July 4, 2016 at 8:42 am
RE: Sleep patterns. Nature or Nurture? - by Gawdzilla - July 4, 2016 at 10:27 am
RE: Sleep patterns. Nature or Nurture? - by Spirian - July 5, 2016 at 7:38 pm
RE: Sleep patterns. Nature or Nurture? - by vorlon13 - July 5, 2016 at 8:11 pm
RE: Sleep patterns. Nature or Nurture? - by vorlon13 - July 5, 2016 at 9:41 pm
RE: Sleep patterns. Nature or Nurture? - by vorlon13 - July 5, 2016 at 10:16 pm
RE: Sleep patterns. Nature or Nurture? - by vorlon13 - July 5, 2016 at 10:21 pm
RE: Sleep patterns. Nature or Nurture? - by Losty - July 6, 2016 at 12:05 am

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