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216: The Science of Gay Uncles (with Vegard)

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4.9632 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

This week Vegard joins us to discuss the gay uncle hypothesis, a possible answer to the evolutionary mystery of homosexuality...

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References & Further Reading
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3338633/
https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26089486.amp
https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/were-only-human/the-super-uncles-of-samoa.html
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1719534115

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0:00.0

Hello and welcome to the Sci Guys, the show where we talk about the crazy, weird, and wonderful stories from the science world.

0:12.4

I'm Corey, and as always, I'm joined by my co-host, the lovely Luke Cutforth and special guest, Vigard.

0:18.6

Yay!

0:19.0

Yay!

0:19.1

Hello! Special guest, The Guard. Yay! This week we're talking about Uranian uncles, but first we have a wee review.

0:36.1

This one says, ahoy, I love this podcast.

0:38.9

You guys make things that have never seemed interesting to me before,

0:41.9

seem so much more fun.

0:43.2

I'm a huge fan of the dynamics between you guys,

0:45.0

and I love the way that Corey spends a long time collecting information

0:47.6

on XYZ topics, and Luke derails the conversation.

0:50.7

Thank you so much for making this podcast

0:52.3

because it's the perfect combination of sillies and science.

0:55.0

Well, I look forward to this episode where I attempt to fulfill that prophecy and derail you as much as possible.

1:00.0

And we have a question for everyone listening and watching.

1:03.0

If you are listening, go ahead to Spotify or head over to YouTube and answer this question.

1:08.0

If you're watching, you're watching on YouTube, get down to the comments anyway.

1:10.9

I'm like, no.

1:12.1

Okay, so answer this question.

1:13.3

The question is, are you gay and do you have siblings?

1:16.2

No and yes.

1:17.5

Ah, you are gay and you don't have siblings.

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