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by axiolite 1622 days ago
> The article doesn't really claim that this kind of sleep is better or more natural

It does:

"the benefits of dividing up sleep"

"single periods of slumber might not be 'natural'."

THIS article soft-peddles such claims biphasic sleep is better and more natural ONLY because those theories have been largely discredited since it was first put forward. Try an older article:

"Ekirch believes many sleeping problems may have roots in the human body's natural preference for segmented sleep"

"a consolidated eight-hour sleep may be unnatural"

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-16964783

> Is the idea that it was common now thought to be false?

Yes, that part is likely false, too:

https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2015/10/the-many...