Very interesting. I’d like to try a segmented sleep pattern for a while to see how it makes me feel.

It makes one wonder what lighting up the night has cost us from an evolutionary perspective.

Evidence continues to emerge, both scientific and historical, suggesting that the way in which the majority of us currently sleep may not actually be good for us.

In 2001, historian Roger Ekirch of Virginia Tech published a paper that included over 15 years of research. It revealed an overwhelming amount of historical evidence that humans used to in fact sleep in two different chunks.

via Your Ancestors Didn’t Sleep Like You – Are We Doing It Wrong? | Collective-Evolution.