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The myth of the eight-hour sleep

Posted by Daniel on March 27, 2013, 2:59 pm, in reply to "Re: Dog on beach"
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It is called segmented sleep, and it used to be the norm.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-16964783


"There is one stirring hour,unknown to those who dwell in houses, when
a wakeful influence goes abroad over the sleeping hemisphere, and all
the outdoor world are on their feet," men and beasts alike. More
perfect hour from the bastille of civilization."

http://ultimatefitness.wordpress.com/2006/11/19/sleep-we-have-lost-pre-industrial-sumber-in-the-british-isles/
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