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Humans don’t have a functional vomeronasal organ to sense pheromones, only a nose. And hence no functional pheromone signaling. This is abjectly incorrect infor
by benrapscallion 4y ago
Humans don’t have a functional vomeronasal organ to sense pheromones, only a nose. And hence no functional pheromone signaling. This is abjectly incorrect information.
- fxtentacle 4y agoUniversity of Chicago disagrees: https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1000184 https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article?id=10.1371/jo... EDIT: actually, they show that humans can somehow perceive MHC compatibility. So you might be correct in that I'm wrong on the delivery mechanism and pheromones aren't being used.
- benrapscallion 4y agoThis article presents GWAS evidence for assortative mating, if anything – none for the existence of functional pheromone sensing in humans. Look up the work by Catherine DuLac and/or Lisa Stowers.
- gigaflop 4y agoAnecdata of 1, but I've (in hindsight) realized that certain feminine smells seem to skip my nose and hit buttons directly in my brain, so to speak.