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Humans Used to Sleep Twice Every Night. Here's Why It Vanished. (www.sciencealert.com)

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[–] j4k3@lemmy.world 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I don't think it makes much difference. I have not had to sleep on a schedule for a long time. I'm only 41 and have physical disability issues that impact sleep, but falling asleep due to exhaustion, waking up for an hour around 3am and sleeping naturally after does not make a profound difference. The biggest difference for me is a quiet environment in the last 2 hours of sleep.

[–] mfed1122@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for sharing your experience! That makes a lot of sense and it's pretty relieving to hear it honestly. I'm not always about buying into the whole "natural=good" line of reasoning, but biology is nuanced, and sometimes natural really is good. But I'm glad that our bodies are legitimately adaptable when it comes to sleep. I suppose that makes a lot of sense, since daylight hours vary a lot by place and time of year anyways.