I heard that in nature, humans were getting up when the sun raises , does that mean that they were sleeping much longer on winter?

Question

I heard that in nature, humans were getting up when the sun raises , does that mean that they were sleeping much longer on winter?

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Answer 1

It depends. Generally yes, but e.g. villagers often didn’t go to sleep at sunset because they still had work to do (e.g. repairing farm tools and clothing) so they slept longer but not from dusk till dawn.