How Did People Sleep Before Pillows

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How did people sleep before pillows. No surprise there of course but the same study found that 27 percent of people use three or more pillows. The ancient egyptians used headrests. The diversity of ancestral sleep patterns is often exaggerated by people peddling polyphasic and distributed sleep patterns. By the way that s a good fact to keep in mind next time your partner yells at you for hogging the headrests.

Back then the stuffing in the pillows had to be changed frequently because of mold mildew and other. How did our human ancestors sleep before pillows and beds. Had some form of pillow to aid them in a quality sleep at night. The kind of beds used were made of grass leaves skin and hides in caves ofcourse.

Eat drink sleep repeat was the norm for many living in this culture. Some people by the way dont use pillows todate but have good nights sleep compared to one who uses a pillow. Now in the 1800 s pillows had become common place. I like camping but sleeping in a tent on the ground is the suckiest part.

According to the national sleep foundation 99 percent of people sleep with pillows on the bed.