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From the Ted Talk by Jessa Gamble: Our natural sleep cycle is nothing like what we do now

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So fine, we have a body clock, and it turns out that it's incredibly important in our leivs. It's a huge driver for culture and I think that it's the most underrated fcroe on our behavior. We evolved as a species near the equator, and so we're very well-equipped to deal with 12 hours of dgayilht and 12 hours of darkness. But of course, we've spread to every corner of the globe and in acirtc cadnaa, where I live, we have perpetual daylight in summer and 24 hours of darkness in winter. So the culture, the northern aboriginal culture, traditionally has been highly seasonal. In winter, there's a lot of sleeping going on; you enjoy your family life inside. And in summer, it's almost manic hniutng and wroinkg aciittvy very long hours, very active.

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So fine, we have a body clock, and it turns out that it's incredibly important in our _____. It's a huge driver for culture and I think that it's the most underrated _____ on our behavior. We evolved as a species near the equator, and so we're very well-equipped to deal with 12 hours of ________ and 12 hours of darkness. But of course, we've spread to every corner of the globe and in ______ ______, where I live, we have perpetual daylight in summer and 24 hours of darkness in winter. So the culture, the northern aboriginal culture, traditionally has been highly seasonal. In winter, there's a lot of sleeping going on; you enjoy your family life inside. And in summer, it's almost manic _______ and _______ ________ very long hours, very active.

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  1. lives
  2. canada
  3. hunting
  4. activity
  5. force
  6. working
  7. arctic
  8. daylight

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So fine, we have a body clock, and it turns out that it's incredibly important in our lives. It's a huge driver for culture and I think that it's the most underrated force on our behavior. We evolved as a species near the equator, and so we're very well-equipped to deal with 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness. But of course, we've spread to every corner of the globe and in Arctic Canada, where I live, we have perpetual daylight in summer and 24 hours of darkness in winter. So the culture, the northern aboriginal culture, traditionally has been highly seasonal. In winter, there's a lot of sleeping going on; you enjoy your family life inside. And in summer, it's almost manic hunting and working activity very long hours, very active.

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