Kent Dunlap

And so I started looking around across animals and across cultures to see how the neck is represented and how it's used. And it became fascinating to me.

It doesn't have its own chapter, but it certainly makes appearances in several different places. For example, one of the places where I'm talking about the pumping of blood by the heart up to the brain, giraffes are remarkable because they have to pump their blood up approximately six feet up into the air, which, if you think about it, is about six times as far as how we have to pump our blood.

It doesn't have its own chapter, but it certainly makes appearances in several different places. For example, one of the places where I'm talking about the pumping of blood by the heart up to the brain, giraffes are remarkable because they have to pump their blood up approximately six feet up into the air, which, if you think about it, is about six times as far as how we have to pump our blood.

It doesn't have its own chapter, but it certainly makes appearances in several different places. For example, one of the places where I'm talking about the pumping of blood by the heart up to the brain, giraffes are remarkable because they have to pump their blood up approximately six feet up into the air, which, if you think about it, is about six times as far as how we have to pump our blood.

That involves a lot of amazing adaptations for the heart and the blood vessels and so forth. Another place the giraffe comes in is in the supposed evolutionary explanation for the giraffe which is that giraffes evolved their long necks so that during periods of drought they could reach high leaves up in the trees.

That involves a lot of amazing adaptations for the heart and the blood vessels and so forth. Another place the giraffe comes in is in the supposed evolutionary explanation for the giraffe which is that giraffes evolved their long necks so that during periods of drought they could reach high leaves up in the trees.

That involves a lot of amazing adaptations for the heart and the blood vessels and so forth. Another place the giraffe comes in is in the supposed evolutionary explanation for the giraffe which is that giraffes evolved their long necks so that during periods of drought they could reach high leaves up in the trees.

That may very well be true but in the past couple decades people have also posed a different function of the giraffe neck and that is it appears that the giraffe neck also plays an important role in sexual interactions. That is, males bash their heads against each other using their neck in competition for females.

That may very well be true but in the past couple decades people have also posed a different function of the giraffe neck and that is it appears that the giraffe neck also plays an important role in sexual interactions. That is, males bash their heads against each other using their neck in competition for females.

That may very well be true but in the past couple decades people have also posed a different function of the giraffe neck and that is it appears that the giraffe neck also plays an important role in sexual interactions. That is, males bash their heads against each other using their neck in competition for females.

Sure. So one of the things that is phenomenal in the human neck is our larynx and our ability to produce speech. And so all of the things from common things that I'm doing right now with you to all of the great speeches and songs that humans can produce and so forth all begin there in the neck, in the throat.

Sure. So one of the things that is phenomenal in the human neck is our larynx and our ability to produce speech. And so all of the things from common things that I'm doing right now with you to all of the great speeches and songs that humans can produce and so forth all begin there in the neck, in the throat.

Sure. So one of the things that is phenomenal in the human neck is our larynx and our ability to produce speech. And so all of the things from common things that I'm doing right now with you to all of the great speeches and songs that humans can produce and so forth all begin there in the neck, in the throat.

and so that there's clearly a lot of biology in how the larynx produces sounds how it produces vibrations that travel up through the throat and out the mouth but then of course there's all of this interesting production of culture through the voice as well in terms of great speeches and songs and so forth what does the neck do i mean other than it like you said it's like a path passageway from the head to the torso but

and so that there's clearly a lot of biology in how the larynx produces sounds how it produces vibrations that travel up through the throat and out the mouth but then of course there's all of this interesting production of culture through the voice as well in terms of great speeches and songs and so forth what does the neck do i mean other than it like you said it's like a path passageway from the head to the torso but

and so that there's clearly a lot of biology in how the larynx produces sounds how it produces vibrations that travel up through the throat and out the mouth but then of course there's all of this interesting production of culture through the voice as well in terms of great speeches and songs and so forth what does the neck do i mean other than it like you said it's like a path passageway from the head to the torso but

Well, that's certainly one of the most basic, but yes, I would also call the neck one of the great multitaskers in the whole body. So most body parts have one or two things that they are doing, but the neck does so many different things. You've listed a couple of them, that is transport all these vital fluids, that is air and blood and food between our head and our torso.

Well, that's certainly one of the most basic, but yes, I would also call the neck one of the great multitaskers in the whole body. So most body parts have one or two things that they are doing, but the neck does so many different things. You've listed a couple of them, that is transport all these vital fluids, that is air and blood and food between our head and our torso.

Well, that's certainly one of the most basic, but yes, I would also call the neck one of the great multitaskers in the whole body. So most body parts have one or two things that they are doing, but the neck does so many different things. You've listed a couple of them, that is transport all these vital fluids, that is air and blood and food between our head and our torso.

And it also then serves as a instrument of sensation because it moves our head and our eyes around so that we can scan the environment. It's got internal sensors in it, which allow us to detect the carbon dioxide levels in our blood. It's got lots of lymph nodes in it, which are important in fighting infection. It's got the larynx, which does this amazing thing called speech and song.