@bhmnscmm@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agoTIL yawning is observed in almost all vertebrate animals and is "contagious" across species. There is no consensus on why yawning occurs.en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1540arrow-down110
arrow-up1530arrow-down1external-linkTIL yawning is observed in almost all vertebrate animals and is "contagious" across species. There is no consensus on why yawning occurs.en.wikipedia.org@bhmnscmm@lemmy.world to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish • 11 months agomessage-square48fedilink
minus-square@NedMclinkEnglish2•11 months agoI wouldn’t be surprised if it’s not the human that instigates the yawn at all, and it’s initiated by the lung microbiome to regulate its environment. For science: anyone up for huffing some chlorine to see if their yawning goes away?
I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s not the human that instigates the yawn at all, and it’s initiated by the lung microbiome to regulate its environment.
For science: anyone up for huffing some chlorine to see if their yawning goes away?