S1E10: Implied Humans

In this final episode, Claudia briefly talks about an animal who has been implied throughout the season, humans.  The Animal Highlight is a spinoff and sister podcast to the award winning show, the Animal Turn Podcast. Season 1 is focused on “Animals and The Urban.” 

Credits:

• Claudia Hirtenfelder, producer and host 
• Christiaan Mentz, sound editor and producer 
• Rebecca Shen, content producer and designer (logo and episode artwork)
• Gordon Clarke, bed music composer
• Learn more about the team here. 

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• Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law and Ethics sponsored the season of The Animal Turn Podcast where these highlights were originally aired. Originally Aired/Recorded: 25 August 2021.

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00:00 - Introduction 

• This first season animals and the urban and is extracted from Season 3 of The Animal Turn Podcast.  
• In today’s highlight, the final episode of Season 1. 
• We are focusing on humans. 

0:34 – Implicit Humans 

• Most widespread primate in the world. Social animals that are very adept using tools. 
• Started domesticating 15,000-10,000 years ago. A bit moment in human history. 
• Today most of the 7.9 billion people on Earth are in cities. The aggregation of humans in cities has also contributed to the division of human labour. 
• Humans and their bodies are regularly discussed as separate from one another. We often view human bodies and minds as separate 

02:34 – Facts about humans 

• Humans are not the biggest or the strongest animal, but they are the best at long distance running, in terms of endurance. 
• Our ability to sweat and our upright posture make us excellent long-distance runners. 
• Historically we might have used adrenaline to help our hair stand up and goosebumps are vestige of that. 
• Our ears and our noses don’t strop ‘growing’, the collagen in the cartilage breaks down and gravity takes hold. 
• Humans are not the only species with fingerprints, but it is one o the features that makes us fairly unique.
• Right-handed people tend to chew more of their food on the right side of their mouths and left handed people on the left-side. 

04:59 – Credits 

• “A huge thank you to Animals in Philosophy, Politics, Law and Ethics for sponsoring The Animal Turn Podcast, where these clips were taken from. To Christiaan Mentz for editing this episode. Thank you also goes to Rebecca Shen for designing the Animal Highlight logo and episode artwork.”
• Show notes compiled by Claudia Hirtenfelder