I seem to hear from a variety of people that they struggle to fall asleep at night; but the difficult to fall asleep sounds like an evolutionary downside. Even as hunter-gatherers, being able to sleep whenever and wherever sounds like it would be an advantage.

Is it a recent product of modern times and people didn’t actually struggle with it a while back? In which case, what of modern life is causing this? If not, what is the evolutionary advantage of not falling asleep easily?

  • @[email protected]
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    121 year ago

    I would imagine our hunter gatherer ancestors had a far easier time falling asleep given their activity level during the day, their diet, and their lack of artificial lighting (particularly blue light).

    • @rainfern
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      11 year ago

      That blue light thing is pseudo-science. Bodily activity though, yup, that’s a big one.

      • @Epic2112
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        41 year ago

        That blue light thing is pseudo-science.

        You got a source for that?

        • deepseastronaut
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          21 year ago

          Every source is pseudo-science, I only rely on my own research for anything. /s