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which psychological theory would support the claim that our sleep habits evolved as a protective measure against predatory risks, which are higher when it is dark out?

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One of the earliest theories of sleep sometimes called the adaptive or evolutionary theory, suggests that inactivity at night is an adaptation that served a survival function by keeping organisms out of harm's way at times when they would be particularly vulnerable.

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