On Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:03:56 -0600, steve <[log in to unmask]>  
wrote:

> I realize that this is not a paleo food subject, but is there any good  
> information on paleo sleeping patterns/habits?
I don't know how good my info is, but I've read in several different  
places that before
the advent of electric light, people went to sleep very early in the  
winter season,
not long after it got dark.  Then they would wake up in the middle of the  
night,
talk, have sex, etc., and go back to sleep again until dawn.  This pattern  
was
even true in the Middle Ages.

When I've been backpacking (years ago), when the sun went down, we went to  
sleep.
It was next to impossible to stay awake, provided we'd already cooked and  
eaten dinner.
After a full day of hiking and toting the pack, we could sleep soundly  
until the
morning light.

It would be an interesting experiment to shut off anything electric once  
the sun
went down: computer, TV, lights, etc., and watch your sleep patterns.  I  
think once
your house got dark, it would seem like time to go to bed.

	Lynnet