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Episode 161 - Sleep

The Common Descent Podcast

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Does Sleep Have a Function?

There have been multiple thoughts on sleep and its purpose. Many very often point to that there's got to be a function to sleep. Some pointing out that it could be many functions for different groups. Why we sleep might not be the same reason a bird sleeps or an elephant sleeps. Maybe it's not doing the same thing for every organism. There is still another potential school of thought that sleep might be a side effect of something else.

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