An Eyebrow Evolution! (Encore - 6/24/19)

Wow in the World

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Education, Stories For Kids, Education For Kids, Kids & Family

4.6 • 29.6K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Once upon a time, our earliest human ancestors all had a permanent case of 'angry face' due to the big bony ridges on their foreheads. Over time we've evolved flexible brows that can communicate our complex emotions. Evolutionary anthropologists are trying to figure out why. Join Mindy and Guy Raz for an ancient family reunion, and discover the who, what, when, where, why, how and WOW in the world of eyebrows! Originally Aired August 13th 2018. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime Members! You can listen to Wow in the World, Early and Add Free on Amazon Music.
0:06.7	Download the app today!
0:36.7	Okay, Snippity Snipp, Snipp, Glu, Glu, Glu, Do, Do, Do, Check the Mirror. Wow, these guys look amazing!
0:55.5	Hey, Ross, I'm coming! Run, run, run, run, run, good! What in the- um, Garaz, you think it?
1:09.5	Hey, how many fingers am I holding up?
1:16.0	Oh, rectangle. Yes, you're fine. Now let me just gently lift up and help shake off some of this groggy-ness.
1:27.3	Wow, what happened to you? I just opened the door. You took one look at my face, screamed and hit the ground.
1:35.4	Well, that's because you've got two gargantuan black furry caterpillars attacking your forehead, Mindy.
1:42.8	They're right above your eyes. Can't you see them? Black furry caterpillars.
1:48.6	Um, here, smile really big so I can see my reflection in your teeth. Oh, um, cheese.
1:56.3	Hey, Ross, those are caterpillars. Huh? They're my new eyebrows.
2:05.1	Would you stop falling over in disbelief? This is getting ridiculous. What are the neighbors gonna think?
2:12.3	Morning, Mindy. Hey, it looks like you've got fuzzy caterpillars on your face.
2:16.5	Nobody asked you, Dennis. Oh, oh, oh, oh. Oh, Garaz, you're still on the ground.
2:22.1	Here, let me just gently peel you up. Get you inside.
2:28.2	Easy as it. Come on.
2:31.5	So, what's with these new eyebrows, Mindy? I mean, your old ones were just fine.
2:36.9	And, wait, is that tar on your face? Oh, yeah. I took the hair clippings from my last haircut
2:45.2	and attached them to my forehead's eyebrow area using a scoop of black tar from Dennis's
2:52.0	driveway renovation and then mixed that with some brown sticky stuff that was leaking out of my
2:57.4	refrigerator. It looks good, right? Right. So, uh, why?
3:04.6	Well, it turns out that eyebrows are super important to us humans and in ways you might not expect.
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