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While there are a myriad of deodorants, shower gels and perfumes helping us stay fresh and fragrant today, that hasn鈥檛 always been the case. How did humans stay clean in the past, or did they not care so much? And is there an evolutionary reason for human body odour in the first place?

These are questions that CrowdScience listener Sarah has pondered on trips in her camper van, when she wants to keep clean but washing isn鈥檛 always convenient. Could she learn to love that unwashed smell?

In search of answers, Anand Jagatia delves into the sweaty details: where body odour comes from, why some people's armpits don't smell, and whether this heady stink serves any purpose. Could our natural odour really help to attract a partner, or is it just a smelly bacterial by-product?