Humans are the only animals whose faces redden with embarrassment. Should we see that as an affliction, or as a blessing? ‘Blushing is the most peculiar and most human of all expressions,” Charles Darwin once wrote, and he wasn’t wrong.
Source: [Guardian International](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2026/aug/04/why-we-blush-how-to-resist-why-good-for-us)