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Your Ancestors Didn’t Sleep Like You by SlumberWise [1]

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Your ancestors didn't sleep like youOk, maybe your grandparents probably slept like you. And your great, great-grandparents. But once you go back before the 1800s, sleep starts to look a lot different. Your ancestors slept in a way that modern sleepers would find bizarre – they slept twice. And so can you.

The History

The existence of our sleeping twice per night was first uncovered by Roger Ekirch, professor of History at Virginia Tech.

More of the story http://slumberwise.com/science/your-ancestors-didnt-sleep-like-you/ [2]

 

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[2] http://slumberwise.com/science/your-ancestors-didnt-sleep-like-you/
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