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Why do we blush?

Humans are the only species that blush. Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi discovers why.

Paleoanthropologist Ella Al-Shamahi asks why we blush. Even Darwin was intrigued by blushing. He called it 鈥渢he most peculiar and most human of all expression鈥 but didn鈥檛 think it had a function. Dr Laith Al-Shawaf from the University of Colorado makes students do embarrassing things to understand why we blush and how blushing can make people like you more when you make a mistake.

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14 minutes

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Fri 7 Mar 2025 14:45

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  • Fri 7 Mar 2025 14:45
  • Sat 8 Mar 2025 05:45

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