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

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Majid, A., & Kruspe, N. (2018). Hunter-gatherer olfaction is special. Current Biology, 28(3), 409-413. doi:10.1016/j.cub.2017.12.014.

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Abstract

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.