Hunter-gatherer lifestyle could help explain superior ability to ID smells
Foraging communities in forests of the Malay Peninsula are better at identifying odors than their rice-farming neighbors
SCENT MASTERS Southeast Asian hunter-gatherer communities display an ability to name different odors that's not observed in Western nations or even in a neighboring farming group. Here, two of these hunter-gatherers clear an area to enable the growth of durian, a sweet-tasting but foul-smelling fruit.
N. Kruspe