to cradle our head so if we’re sleeping on like a bunch of rocks that we don’t fall asleep and bash our brains in my accident or give ourselves massive gashes by mistake
Because our spines never really got the memo that we walk upright on two legs. Our arms and head are very different from other mammals though, which is rarely an issue when you are standing, jogging, or sitting upright. It really only causes issues when we lay down to sleep. Because our heads are massive and heavy compared to our body size, and our arms are not formed for us to lay our stomaches and curl up into a loaf like most other mammals do. Ultimately humans do what we always do when we run into a problem, we create a solution. In this case we made the pillow so we can lay down without our massive and heavy brain-cases bending our neck out of shape
Go to sleep flat or with your head on something hard and i guarantee you it will be one of the worst sleeps of your life and you will have a nagging headache that lasts all day
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Because pillows are soft. Much softer than, say, rocks.
to cradle our head so if we’re sleeping on like a bunch of rocks that we don’t fall asleep and bash our brains in my accident or give ourselves massive gashes by mistake
Because comfy.
Because we learned how to make them. A lot of animals would use pillows if they had access.
I wanna know how we evolved into a creature that can injure themselves by sleeping incorrectly.
Because they started using beds.
Because our spines never really got the memo that we walk upright on two legs. Our arms and head are very different from other mammals though, which is rarely an issue when you are standing, jogging, or sitting upright. It really only causes issues when we lay down to sleep. Because our heads are massive and heavy compared to our body size, and our arms are not formed for us to lay our stomaches and curl up into a loaf like most other mammals do. Ultimately humans do what we always do when we run into a problem, we create a solution. In this case we made the pillow so we can lay down without our massive and heavy brain-cases bending our neck out of shape
They learned it from the guys sleeping with their heads on their wives’ human pillows.
Because rocks were too hard.
i don’t use pillow
Am I the only one who thinks maybe we used to cuddle up together and use eachother as pillows? Like a litter of puppies
Pillow be comfy
Support and comfort.
Same reasons we still use pillows.
Go to sleep flat or with your head on something hard and i guarantee you it will be one of the worst sleeps of your life and you will have a nagging headache that lasts all day
Other animals also like pillows.
To simulate cuddling with boobies I’d the only correct answer.
Because straw has bugs.
Approximately 60BC where the Persians first made headrests out of straw
I’d like to know how we evolved seemingly in need of pillows to sleep (at least without neck injury) before pillows were a thing.