I thought the idea was that back when we were in settlements, keeping watch out into the dark, the yawn would happen to a sentry if nothing was going on and would subconsciously signal to other humans, even the watch dogs that " nothing is going on, all is well" then spreading throughout the camp as sort of a psychic link, literally conveying information at the speed of light to anyone who can see you.
At least that’s what some article I read had to say about it
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
Isn’t the leading theory that yawning is more about cooling down the brain temp rather than a lack of oxygen or buildup of CO2?
Angelevo@feddit.nl 7 months ago
Yeah, you are correct. There are several reasons. :)
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 7 months ago
Which does nothing to explain why it’s “contagious”.
StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works 7 months ago
I thought the idea was that back when we were in settlements, keeping watch out into the dark, the yawn would happen to a sentry if nothing was going on and would subconsciously signal to other humans, even the watch dogs that " nothing is going on, all is well" then spreading throughout the camp as sort of a psychic link, literally conveying information at the speed of light to anyone who can see you.
At least that’s what some article I read had to say about it
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 7 months ago
I’d say for empathy and humans showing connection by yawning when others do.