Are you a night owl? Genes from our Neanderthal ancestors could be responsible for the way we sleep Amy Glover | MSN | August 1, 2024

https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2024/08/01/are-you-a-night-owl-genes-from-our-neanderthal-ancestors-could-be-responsible-for-the-way-we-sleep/?mc_cid=8206e3b4b5&mc_eid=b73600b7ac In a paper published in Genome Biology and Evolution, scientists suggest that genes from our oldest relatives could be responsible for the way we sleep. Though many Neanderthal genes have been lost to the winds of evolution, researchers think that for some people, their waking times might come straight from the Middle Paleolithic age.