Relax! No day nap or eight-hour sleep for our ancestors either
One myth dispelled by the results is that in earlier eras people went to bed at sundown. The subjects of the study stayed awake an average of three hours and 20 minutes after sunset.
Relax! No day nap or eight-hour sleep for our ancestors either
Our ancestors stayed up late into the evening, averaging less than 6.5 hours of sleep and rarely took naps.
Oct 16, 2015, 15:52 PM IST