Sleep study on modern-day hunter-gatherers dispels notion that we need 8 hours
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"The hunter-gatherers are also much healthier. Not a single one is obese, and the mean BMIs among the tribes was between 18.3 and 26.2, which is considered quite slim. They also tend to have lower blood pressure, better heart conditions and higher levels of physical fitness.
Thus comes a critical question. If we can't blame the lack of sleep as causing our obesity, mood disorders and the like could it it be that the reason we feel so unrested is because of poor health?"