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Whoa. Smell was more important than sight for brain evolution? Is there somewhere I can read more about this?
by Chinjut 7y ago
Whoa. Smell was more important than sight for brain evolution? Is there somewhere I can read more about this?
- bobbylarrybobby 7y agoThere are lots of blind animals that can smell. I don't know of any sighted animals that can't smell.
- walshemj 7y agosome humans have a mutation that means they don't smell
- dredmorbius 7y agoThere are animals whose signalling mechanisms are very nearly fully scent/chemical based, ants particularly. Lower order than mammals, admittedly.
- erikpukinskis 7y agoSight is pretty confined dimensionally. R,G,Bx100x100 + focal plane gets you basically all the resolution you need. We can’t even model smells.