The predatory risk hypothesis of sleep posits that sleep patterns in humans and other animals evolved as an adaptive response to the increased risks posed by predators during darkness.

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  4.2 Sleep & Why We Sleep – Introductory Psychology

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• 4.2 Sleep & Why We Sleep – Introductory Psychology opentext.wsu.edu Washington State University via serper

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• sleep-wake patterns concept
• humans entity