So many mammals have useful, interesting, or just plain CUTE tails–so why not humans? PopSci Editor ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sarah Durn⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and Editor-in-Chief ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Annie Colbert⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ sit down (without tails of course) to figure out just where our tails went over the course of human evolution.

Plus, Flora Lichtman from NPR's Science Friday podcast stops by to talk about what makes for the best tail in nature, and to reveal her favorite tail from the animal kingdom.

Read the Popular Science story that inspired the episode:

https://www.popsci.com/science/why-humans-dont-have-tails/

And make sure to check to the episode of Science Friday all about which tail is the best:

https://www.sciencefriday.com/segments/mammal-tails-balance/

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