A single alarm clock in focus, amidst a larger collection of clocks
Different people have different daily rhythms — but not necessarily because there’s an evolutionary advantage to it. Photo by CHUTTERSNAP on Unsplash

Just so? How the late sleepers got their Zs

Evolutionary biology doesn’t have an explanation for your struggle to start the day early — but we shouldn’t need that explanation in the first place.

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I’m not much for New Year’s resolutions, but here at the beginning of 2021 I’m taking another swing at a habit I’ve tried to build up for…

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Jeremy B. Yoder

Evolutionary biologist, runner, gay. Writings in Slate, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the LA Review of Books, and the Stranger. https://jbyoder.org