Human Behavior: Sleep in Hunter-Gatherer Societies.

Curr Biol

Department of Physiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5, Canada; Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G5, Canada.

Published: December 2015

How much would we sleep if we lived without the pressures and distractions associated with industrialized lifestyles? New research shows that hunter-gatherer societies sleep for 6-7 hours a night--a level similar to industrialized societies.

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