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Women’s sense of smell evolved to sniff out bad mates

“A new paper in the journal Flavour and Fragrance points to an evolutionary explanation for women’s superior sense of smell relative to men: they use it to sniff out genetic deficiencies in potential mates. “

Original: craschworks - comments

Date: 2009-04-09 11:59 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] white-lies.livejournal.com
and, from what I've read, during pregnancy the sense of smell becomes sharper to avoid potentially poisonous/spoiled foods

Date: 2009-04-09 01:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pasquin.livejournal.com
That's why I use eau de ferilite.

Date: 2009-04-09 05:17 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] bandicoot.livejournal.com
That's why I use Hoppe's #9.