Monday, December 30, 2019

Science: Why do we have a BUTT? (audio)

Host Jad Abumrad, Heather Radke, Matt Kielty, spirit of Co-Host Robert Krulwich (radiolab.org, 12/27/19, WNYCstudios.org); Pat Macpherson, Crystal Quintero, CC Liu (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly


Yeah, this is my butt. Don't stare at it.
This is a story about your butt (gluteus maximus). It’s a story about how you got your butt, why you have your butt, and how your butt might be one of the most important and essential things for you being you -- and for all of us being human.

Reporters Heather Radke and Matt Kielty talk to two university research scientists who followed the butt from humanity's ancient beginnings, through millions of years of presumed evolution, all the way to today, out to a valley in Arizona, where our butts are put to the ultimate test.

This may be the cause of Darwin's evolution.
This episode was reported by Heather Radke and Matt Kielty and was produced by Matt Kielty, Rachael Cusick, and Simon Adler. Sound design and mixing by Jeremy Bloom. Fact-checking by Dorie Chevlen. Special thanks to Michelle Legro. Produced by WNYC Studios. To support RadioLab today, go to radiolab.org/donate.

Man against horse: Could you beat a horse in a race in the Arizona desert? (Matt Kielty)


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