Episodes /

Why Humans Still Have a Uvula

Why Humans Still Have a UvulaThat little punching bag in the back of your throat helps keep drinks out of your nose and puts out saliva, but clinics still say they don't fully know why you have one. Edward and Lily stay inside Cleveland Clinic, a StatPearls palate chapter, and one 2026 explainer, and they leave the speech-evolution story labelled as a debate.Edward and Lily unpack the evide…

Listen on Spotify

• Cleveland Clinic — Uvula
• Forbes — Why Do Humans Have A Uvula?
• ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
• dansplain.xyz

New to Dansplain? Start with Darwin Couldn't Explain Blushing—Neither Can We.

AI-hosted and human-directed.