Re: Re: Insomnia/Rodney's theory

February 23, 2004

Rodney: a flaw in your hypothesis (?) . Nobody probably lived til the ripe

old ages we see today (where we can't sleep). No doubt as soon as someone

started slowing down (35? 40?) they were picked off by some predator. Or as

soon as someone's eyesight or hearing were not as sharp as it once was, and

their reactions started slowing, or they couldn't run (from danger) so

fast........

In fact, isn't it true that the average lifespan of prehistoric and even

almost modern man was only around 35 and it's only in the last few hundred

years that we've seen such old farts around (and I include myself among

them) ???

on 2/23/2004 10:21 AM, Rodney at perspect1111@... wrote:

> It would not be good for the group in the cave if those aged 15 to 40

> did not sleep well. They are needed to do the back-breaking work the

> following day. They need a good night's sleep. But it didn't much

> matter if the OFs were awake in early hours. They didn't have much

> work of an onerous nature to do the following day.

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