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Bottom, rump, booty, fanny, tush, and derriere! In episode 171 of Overthink, Ellie and David talk about butts. Why do humans have bigger rear ends than other animals? Why are butts often seen as a site of aversion? And is anal sex a metaphor for the universe?
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even the thinnest women have a higher percentage of fat on their bodies than any other creature on Earth, with two exceptions. Seagoing mammals, such as seals and walruses, and bears, just before going into hibernation.
“Radke says we should be wary of how evolutionary explanations of behavior may actually be dictated by cultural or historical forces and thus offer an excuse for what our culture values rather than an actual scientific explanation.”
“having a big butt, in theory, should be a marker of our humanity. And so by that standard, somebody like Bartman should be more human than somebody like Cuvier. And it doesn't seem to be the case, right?”
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