AP PSYCHOLOGY

STATES OF CONSCIOUSNESS

SLEEP PATTERNS AND SLEEP THEORIES

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Our ancestors had a ____ chance of leaving descendants when then slept safely in a cave than roaming around.
A
Lower
B
Higher
C
Zero
D
99
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -What did humans sleep on before beds? Before the days of Tempur-Pedic and Casper, humans slept on makeshift sleeping surfaces like piles of straw. As society advanced, primitive mattresses were fashioned out of stuffed fabrics, and down was introduced.

Detailed explanation-2: -Early humans lived in caves to protect themselves from wild animals and weather.

Detailed explanation-3: -Although all earlier hominins are now extinct, many of their adaptations for survival-an appetite for a varied diet, making tools to gather food, caring for each other, and using fire for heat and cooking-make up the foundation of our modern survival mechanisms and are among the defining characteristics of our species.

Detailed explanation-4: -The stable temperatures of caves provided a cool habitat in summers and a warm, dry shelter in the winter. Remains of grass bedding have been found in nearby Border Cave. About 100, 000 years ago, some Neanderthals dwelt in caves in Europe and western Asia.

There is 1 question to complete.