Why do people have different inherent sleeping patterns that they gravitate to (e.g. some humans are morning people, whereas some are very nocturnal)?

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Why do people have different inherent sleeping patterns that they gravitate to (e.g. some humans are morning people, whereas some are very nocturnal)?

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It’s possible there’s an evolutionary benefit for this. If I’m an early-bird, and my brother is a late-riser, then there’ll be someone to keep watch (over our hunter-gatherer tribe) while the other one sleeps.

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