Why Do We Do That?

Why Do We Do That? An anthropologist's guide to the modern world.

There are lots of everyday things which, when you think about them, are pretty weird. Like kissing, doomscrolling and sitting down to go to the loo. Social media may tell you to blame the latest influencer who went viral. Your therapist might tell you to blame your parents. But palaeoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi is here to tell you to blame your great, great, great, great, great, etc. grandparents. For some stuff at least. In this series, Ella is joined by some wonderful guests to dive into the cultural, historical and evolutionary story of everyday human habits and behaviour.

Photo: Sarah Cresswell / The Times / News Licensing

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  • Doctor Rene DO
    Fun way to be informed.
    Just ran across this podcast, and hope it continues. I’m almost done with the current episodes. I visited China a few years back. Thank goodness the public restrooms had at least one sit down commode — I would have fallen into the squatting ones! Really appreciated that episode.
  • LeftWingDestroyed
    Nothing should be unanimous
    I love the show, just don’t think anything should ever be unanimous.
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