I have a friend who does primate research.  I'll ask her is
her "monkeys" do anything much at night and if they have
nightlites :)  Will let y'all know what she says.

Wendy Hubbard wrote:
> ...it does seem a bit far-fetched, considering our
> adventurous nature.  But, if you take into account that they weren't all
> that bright, I can imagine that paleo man may have been more scared or
> superstitious about going out into the night and preferred to stay inside
> the cave instead (especially if they had no fire to help protect them from
> predators).

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