DID HUMANS EVOLVE TO BE AWAKE ON FULL MOON NIGHTS TO COLLECT SEAFOOD?

DAILY MAIL HEALTH - FULL MOON -TIDES- SEAFOOD  full interesting article by Pat Hagan

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In a report on their findings they said: ‘It cannot be excluded that the change in the electromagnetic radiation, or the gravitational 'pull off' of the moon during this phase, may influence the release of neurohormones.

 

‘Several observations suggest the lunar tidal force affects certain biochemical processes.

 

‘The solar radiation reflected by the full moon and the lunar tidal force might modify brain activity.’

 

But Professor Jim Horne, former head of the Sleep Research Centre at Loughborough University, said it may simply be that humans evolved to stay awake on moonlit nights in order to capture seafood exposed on shorelines.

 

‘At least some of our early human ancestors lived by estuaries, where life was very dependent on the tides in terms of seafood.

 

‘A full moon means particularly high ‘spring’ tides and with the extra moonlight as well it would be worthwhile sacrificing some sleep at night for more food.’