Sleep and nesting behavior in primates: A review

Sleep is a universal behavior in vertebrate and invertebrate animals, suggesting it originated in the very first life forms. Given the vital function of sleep, sleeping patterns and sleep architecture follow dynamic and adaptive processes reflecting trade‐offs to different selective pressures. Here,...

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Published in:American journal of physical anthropology Vol. 166; no. 3; pp. 499 - 509
Main Authors: Fruth, Barbara, Tagg, Nikki, Stewart, Fiona
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.07.2018
Subjects:
Animal cognition
Animals
Anthropology, Physical
Behavior
Biological Evolution
Circadian rhythm
Cognition
Ecology
Evolution
Female
great apes
Hominids
Human evolution
Humans
Immediate
Male
Medicine
Monkeys & apes
nest building
Nesting
Nesting behavior
Nesting Behavior - physiology
Neurobiology
Neurosciences
Petroleum
Primates
Primates - physiology
Sleep
Sleep - physiology
sleep
nest building
evolution
great apes
ISSN:0002-9483, 1096-8644, 1096-8644, 2692-7691
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Summary:Sleep is a universal behavior in vertebrate and invertebrate animals, suggesting it originated in the very first life forms. Given the vital function of sleep, sleeping patterns and sleep architecture follow dynamic and adaptive processes reflecting trade‐offs to different selective pressures. Here, we review responses in sleep and sleep‐related behavior to environmental constraints across primate species, focusing on the role of great ape nest building in hominid evolution. We summarize and synthesize major hypotheses explaining the proximate and ultimate functions of great ape nest building across all species and subspecies; we draw on 46 original studies published between 2000 and 2017. In addition, we integrate the most recent data brought together by researchers from a complementary range of disciplines in the frame of the symposium “Burning the midnight oil” held at the 26th Congress of the International Primatological Society, Chicago, August 2016, as well as some additional contributors, each of which is included as a “stand‐alone” article in this “Primate Sleep” symposium set. In doing so, we present crucial factors to be considered in describing scenarios of human sleep evolution: (a) the implications of nest construction for sleep quality and cognition; (b) the tree‐to‐ground transition in early hominids; (c) the peculiarities of human sleep. We propose bridging disciplines such as neurobiology, endocrinology, medicine, and evolutionary ecology, so that future research may disentangle the major functions of sleep in human and nonhuman primates, namely its role in energy allocation, health, and cognition.
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ISSN:0002-9483
1096-8644
1096-8644
2692-7691
DOI:10.1002/ajpa.23373