Why Do We Do That? Podcast
1) Why Do We Sit Down to Poo?
You might think sitting is a recent technological advancement, but both squat and sit-down toilets have been around for millennia. Today Westerners have embraced the sit-down toilet, whereas billions...Show More
2) More... Play with Brenna Hassett
Ella Al-Shamahi explores evolutionary mysteries in More Play with Brenna Hassett.BBC Studios Audio Producer: Olivia Jani Additional Production: Emily Bird Series Producer: Geraldine Fitzgerald Executi...Show More
3) 12. Why do we play?
Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi asks why do humans play?The Neanderthals are a species that was so close to us that we could reproduce with them, they had creativity, technology and they made ar...Show More
4) More... Bad Boys with Julia Stern
Ella Al-Shamahi explores evolutionary mysteries in More Bad Boys with Julia Stern.BBC Studios Audio Producer: Olivia Jani Additional Production: Emily Bird Series Producer: Geraldine Fitzgerald Execut...Show More
5) 11. Why do we fall for the bad boy?
Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi looks at the evidence for what people want in a partner and how it changes as they get older. Psychologist Julia Stern from the University of Bremen shares the resu...Show More
6) More... Dancing with Bronwyn Tarr
Ella Al-Shamahi explores evolutionary mysteries in More Dancing with Bronwyn Tarr.BBC Studios Audio Producer: Olivia Jani Additional Production: Emily Bird Series Producer: Geraldine Fitzgerald Execut...Show More
7) 10. Why do we dance?
Dance seems like such a natural thing, a good beat comes on and you can’t help it, you might find yourself bobbing, even the rhythmically impaired might find themselves tapping their fingers along to ...Show More
8) More... Pubs with Robin Dunbar
Ella Al-Shamahi explores evolutionary mysteries in More Pubs with Robin Dunbar.BBC Studios Audio Producer: Olivia Jani Additional Production: Emily Bird Series Producer: Geraldine Fitzgerald Executive...Show More
9) 9. Why do we go to the pub?
Humans have evolved to drink alcohol, or at least to be able to metabolise it. And we share this ability with our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees and gorillas, who are also able to convert a...Show More
10) More... Nature with Gregory Bratman
Ella Al-Shamahi explores evolutionary mysteries in More Nature with Gregory Bratman.BBC Studios Audio Producer: Olivia Jani Additional Production: Emily Bird Series Producer: Geraldine Fitzgerald Exec...Show More