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Why Am I Like This?

How Did We Evolve a Sense of Smell?

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.

How Did We Evolve a Sense of Smell?

Why Am I Like This? Episode 1 | 10m 38s | CC

Have you ever stopped mid-task from catching a whiff of your own odor? It really gets you thinking— why DO we smell in the first place? In this episode, Dr. Tina Lasisi walks us through how our brain processes smell; why we associate smells with certain memories; why we developed our sense of smell in the first place; and how losing our sense of smell can impact our daily life.

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Funding for WHY AM I LIKE THIS is provided by the National Science Foundation.

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