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How to Sleep Like a Caveman: Ancient Wisdom for a Better Nights Rest

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By (author): Merijn van de Laar

Sleep has hardly changed since Paleolithic humans snoozed soundly in their caves. While sabre-toothed tigers were their biggest night-time worry, today its stress and social media that keep us awake, but the solutions are the same, and sleep therapist Dr Merijn van der Laar offers understanding and advice to have you sleeping better within weeks.

Human sleep as we know it today evolved hundreds of thousands years ago, to suit a huntergatherer lifestyle. Its not always compatible with our modern lives, but remains an essential function, vital for our health, well-being and daytime functioning. In this groundbreaking new book, Dr Merijn van der Laar investigates the origins of sleep based on archaeological findings and anthropological studies in contemporary hunter-gatherers, looking at the major discrepancies between our primordial bodily needs and our current sleep-inhibiting behaviour.

Cave dwellers lived in balance with the forces of nature. They had adapted perfectly to environmental influences such as light, temperature and seasonal variations. The way they ate and moved during the day must have had a positive effect on sleep quality. We need to look to their example, and adjust our eating, exercise, light, temperature and, last but not least: our expectations towards sleep. By taking on board the ancient wisdom of our ancestors, we will improve the quality of our sleep, the way our bodies were designed to do it.

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Will deliver when available. Publication date 16 Jan 2025

Product Details
  • Weight: 270g
  • Dimensions: 153 x 234mm
  • Publication Date: 16 Jan 2025
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780008717629

About Merijn van de Laar

Dr Merijn van de Laar obtained his doctorate on the subject of personality and sleep and the treatment of insomnia. He worked for years as a sleep scientist and sleep therapist and he is deputy head of the family medicine programme at Maastricht University. He is also a frequent guest on TV and radio.

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