Is there a darwinian reason for snoring?
Posted by: Alan in Stop Snoring Remedies, tags: darwinian, reason, Snoring, ThereQuestion by cpc26ca: Is there a darwinian reason for snoring?
I’m a guy and I know that I can’t freaking get to sleep if I hear my dad snoring. I feel like crazy gluing snorers noses. I mean, how can women sleep when their hubbies snore? Or is it because they are women, that they have some biological mechanism that blocks out snoring, letting them sleep. I wouldn’t think there’s any evolutionary purpose…it would only let other cavemen/predators know where you are, making it easy for them to prey on you.
I, myself, think that snoring is only something that modern man does. I don’t think men in prehistoric times grew to be fat or old enough to snore. Or is it only to do with the throat/windpipe, meaning that totally fit athletes snore as well?
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Answer by icaruscatfish
Snoring is a medical condition. I don’t think it would provide an evolutionary benefit. It would make it easier for predators to find you in the dark. Old dogs also snore.
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