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> But the red light from fires would often be present when our ancestors were sleeping.

I don't believe this is related. I believe it's simply that blue is the best/easiest/earliest color. The circadian rhythm is ancient, used by bacteria, plants, and mammals [1], long before humans had fire. Blue is most energetic, and is all that can be seen in the depths of the ocean, where life mostly likely originated.

[1] https://schaechter.asmblog.org/schaechter/2023/04/sensing-bl...