Did People in the Past Get 8 Hours of Sleep a Night?

Published: Aug. 29, 2017, 7 a.m.

Doctors love to say that eight hours of nightly rest is vital to good health. But did people in the past get this much sleep, more, or less? And how did the lack of a lightbulb affect their sleep cycles. Turns out quite a bit. People actually\xa0hit the...