Humans have been fascinated by elephants since forever. But until a few decades ago, we didn’t know the most basic things about them, like how they choose a mate, or how their society is organized. In this episode, Ilya meets Cynthia Moss, a former magazine journalist who has contributed more than anyone else to our knowledge of the largest land mammals.

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Strangely enough, we don’t quite know. Only a few mammals regularly shed their entire uterine lining.

According to one hypothesis, menstruation evolved as a defence against an invasion by paternal genes. Host Ilya Kolmanovsky talks to evolutionary biologists David Haig and Deena Emera about how mother and fetus are made to compete for resources in pregnancy.

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This episode was produced by Andrey Borzenko, Danil Astapov, Anastasia Medvedeva, Kirill Sychev and Lika Kremer. Our sound editor is Alexei Vorobyov.

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For decades, scientists believed that humans gradually evolved — more or less in a straight line — from knuckle-walking apes to upright-walking, sneaker-wearing humans. But it turns out the story is not so simple. In East Africa, researchers are discovering the fossilized bones of our ancient relatives, and revising their ideas about where humans come from.

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This episode was produced by Andrey Borzenko, Ilya Marritz, Danil Astapov, Anastasia Medvedeva and Lika Kremer. Our sound editors are Ildar Fattakhov and Alexei Vorobyov

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