Why humans get less sleep than other primates - BBC

The amount of time we spend awake and asleep compared to our relatives among the apes, monkeys and lemurs may have played a key role in our evolution.

And so Yetish suggests that ancient humans may have traded some hours of sleep for sharing information and culture around a dwindling fire. "You've suddenly made these darkness hours quite productive… [+2409 chars]

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