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[quote=Anonymous]I've heard that age has something to do with it.  I'm in my mid-forties and yes…there is a anthropological theory I read somewhere where they think it has to do with the protection of the group.  If the middle-agers wake up in the night, they are more likely to hear danger.  Then they drift back to sleep.

As a tangent, looking at natural selection under the idea of what helps the group or family explains a few behaviors or conditions.  Menopause, for one!  Also the sensory-sensitive individuals on one side of the bell curve, and the sensory-non-sensitive individuals on the other side--this has been documented in horses and other animals who hang out in groups.  The theory is that sensory-sensitive animals are quicker to find prey or detect predators, and the sensory-non-sensative animals are quicker to jump in to defend the group or jump on that prey animal.

Oh, also left-handers as being better at warfare (because all are used to fighting right-handers) and also color-blindness in men--they can see the shape of the animal through color-camoflauge…better to have one of them in the group of hunters, but not all of them.

Ok yes I know I have no cites; these are just theories I've read, and I'm just doing a quick ramble because I think it's interesting![/quote]

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