Hunter-gatherer olfaction is special

Majid, Asifa; Kruspe, Nicole

doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.12.014

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Hunter-gatherer olfaction is special

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Majid, Asifa
Research Affiliates, MPI for Psycholinguistics, Max Planck Society;
Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour;
Center for Language Studies , External Organizations;

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Majid, A., & Kruspe, N. (2018). Hunter-gatherer olfaction is special. Current Biology, 28, 1-5. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.12.014.

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People struggle to name odors, but this limitation is not universal. Majid and Kruspe investigate whether superior olfactory performance is due to subsistence, ecology, or language family. By comparing closely related communities in the Malay Peninsula, they find that only hunter-gatherers are proficient odor namers, suggesting that subsistence is crucial.