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Episode 123: The Human Sleep Paradox: Why We Sleep Less Than Every Other Primate with Dr. David R. Samson
What if the biggest problem with modern sleep isn’t duration, but disconnection? Dr. David R. Samson, evolutionary anthropologist and author of The Sleepless Ape, joins Dr. Jeremy Koenig to explain why humans sleep less than every other primate studied, yet devote an unusually large share of that sleep to REM. They explore what sleep among the Hadza reveals about circadian health, how early humans built a protective “SHELL” around sleep, and why light, temperature, social structure, and evolutionary history may matter more than chasing a universal eight-hour target.Key Takeaways 🦧 Humans are…
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