Hadza sleep biology
Evidence for flexible sleep‐wake patterns in hunter‐gatherers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8320243 |
|---|---|
| Authors | D R Samson (0000-0003-3318-7652, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology Duke University, corresponding author), A N Crittenden (0000-0001-9196-737X, University of Nevada, Las Vegas), Ibrahim A Mabulla (Department of Archaeology and Heritage, Institute of Resource Assessment University of Dar es Salaam), Audax Mabulla (0000-0001-9591-5497, Duke University), Audax Z P Mabulla (Department of Archaeology and Heritage, Institute of Resource Assessment University of Dar es Salaam), C L Nunn (0000-0001-9330-2873, Duke University) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 162 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 573-582 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.23160 |
| PMID | 28063234 |
| OpenAlex | W2569012863 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 18 |
| References cited | 49 |
OBJECTIVES: Cross-cultural sleep research is critical to deciphering whether modern sleep expression is the product of recent selective pressures, or an example of evolutionary mismatch to ancestral sleep ecology. We worked with the Hadza, an equatorial, hunter-gatherer community in Tanzania, to better understand ancestral sleep patterns and to test hypotheses related to sleep segmentation. METHODS: We used actigraphy to analyze sleep-wake patterns in thirty-three volunteers for a total of 393 days. Linear mixed effects modeling was performed to assess ecological predictors of sleep duration and quality. Additionally, functional linear modeling (FLM) was used to characterize 24-hr time averaged circadian patterns. RESULTS: Compared with post-industrialized western populations, the Hadza were characterized by shorter (6.25 hr), poorer quality sleep (sleep efficiency = 68.9%), yet had stronger circadian rhythms. Sleep duration time was negatively influenced by greater activity, age, light (lux) exposure, and moon phase, and positively influenced by increased day length and mean nighttime temperature. The average daily nap ratio (i.e., the proportion of days where a nap was present) was 0.54 (SE = 0.05), with an average nap duration of 47.5 min (SE = 2.71; n = 139). DISCUSSION: This study showed that circadian rhythms in small-scale foraging populations are more entrained to their ecological environments than Western populations. Additionally, Hadza sleep is characterized as flexible, with a consistent early morning sleep period yet reliance upon opportunistic daytime napping. We propose that plasticity in sleep-wake patterns has been a target of natural selection in human evolution
Actigraphy · Biology · Chronobiology · Circadian rhythm · Foraging · Morning · Nap · Sleep (system call) · Sleep deprivation · Circadian rhythm and melatonin · Demography · Ecology · Endocrinology · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Psychology · Sleep and related disorders · Sleep and Wakefulness Research · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 18 |
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| Citations per year | 2 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 14 |