• Question: will sleep evolve over time?

    Asked by anon-188890 to Rachel, Jason, Yousef, Petrina, Michael, Emma on 6 Nov 2018. This question was also asked by anon-194083.
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      Jason Ellis answered on 6 Nov 2018:

      Brilliant question 396epp22! The simple answer is, I am not sure, which is no help whatsoever!

      There are still things about sleep that we did thousands of years ago to keep us safe at night, just incase a lion or bear came into our cave, that we still do today. So, as I don’t think we have evolved that much in terms of our sleep so far my initial feeling is that our sleep will not evolve naturally. I think science and medicine may well try to find ways to evolve our sleep but I am not sure that is a great idea…

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