How Weather Shaped the Human Body

Podcast: Meteorology Matters · Rob Jones

Opublikowano: 2026-08-27

Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode! What if some of the features you see every time you look in the mirror were partly shaped by weather experienced thousands of years before you were born? In this episode of Meteorology Matters, we explore the extraordinary evidence connecting human evolution with temperature, humidity, sunlight, drought, atmospheric pressure and other environmental conditions. From the shape of the human nose and differences in skin pigmentation to curly scalp hair, body proportions and our remarkable ability to...