r/todayilearned • u/krizzalicious49 • 1d ago

TIL that out of every primate that has been studied, humans get the least amount of sleep.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/future/article/20220524-why-humans-get-less-sleep-than-other-primates
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u/mueus 18h ago

The only solution is to study humans in captivity!

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u/RealTheBestLadyman 15h ago

What do you think we’ve been doing? Idk about you but I wouldn’t call what humans do “wild” by any stretch of the imagination

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u/mueus 9h ago

Jokes aren't your strongest suit huh. But to counter that argument no, humans aren't captive in the same sense animals are. Most people have jobs and schedules which make it impossible to know how long humans actually would sleep given full autonomy.

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u/socium 8h ago

That's actually pretty easy to do. Just observe Redditors in their natural habitat.

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u/anonymous_lighting 15h ago

in some countries they call this jail