Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Goosebumps might be a common phenomenon we experience in our lives, as they were for our ancestors, but they might play an entirely different role for us. getty Think about the last time ...

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Watch a scary movie and your skin crawls. Goose bumps have become so associated with fear that the word is synonymous with thrills and chills. But what on earth does scary have do to with chicken-skin bumps? For a long time, it wasn't well understood.

Have you ever noticed small bumps rising on your arms when you feel chilly or hear a powerful song? These are called goosebumps, a common reaction that happens to everyone. Goosebumps may seem odd, but they are an ancient reflex left over from our animal ...