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A little while ago I read that various historical records indicated that we would naturally sleep in two sessions overnight. This was changed by a combination
by Steve44 8y ago
A little while ago I read that various historical records indicated that we would naturally sleep in two sessions overnight. This was changed by a combination of artificial light and also the industrial revolution giving us more regimented working hours.
"The myth of the eight-hour sleep" at https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16964783 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16964783 is an interesting starting point.
- Tomte 8y agoThat's disputed by Matthew Walker in Why We Sleep. He writes that biphasic sleep was a cultural phenomenon with no basis in sleep science, and that only one Western society ever really practiced it, whereas e.g. "primitive tribes" all have one uninterrupted phase of sleep.