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Being a human can be weird. Even when everything is "normal" (whatever that means), you might not always get what your body is doing…or why. Dr. Tina Lasisi, full-time biological anthropologist and part-time human, is here to help you make sense of how and why our bodies do what they do.

We explore how the structure of our vocal tract produces sound and why humans speak.
We walk through the types of muscles and hormones that transform the body.
Dr. Tina Lasisi walks us through the peaks and valleys of our circadian rhythm.
Funding for WHY AM I LIKE THIS is provided by the National Science Foundation.
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We explore how the structure of our vocal tract produces sound and why humans speak.
We walk through the types of muscles and hormones that transform the body.
Dr. Tina Lasisi walks us through the peaks and valleys of our circadian rhythm.
Let's walk through how our immune system evolved and what affects our allergies.
We explore the evolutionary function of stress.
We walk through why hair varies so much across all humans.
In this episode, Dr. Tina Lasisi walks us through how we genetically inherit skin color.
In this episode, we walk through how our brain develop and process smell.