Scented Ape The Biology and Culture of Human Odour

Name: Scented Ape The Biology and Culture of Human Odour
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ISBN: 9780521395618

ISBN-10: 0521395615

ISBN-13: 9780521395618

Edition: 1990

Authors: David Michael Stoddart

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This book examines the sense of smell in humans, comparing it with the known functions of the same sense in other animals. Odorous cues play a role in sexual physiology and behavior in animals and there are claims that odor can play the same role in humans. The place of odors and scents in aesthetics and in psychoanalysis serves to illustrate the link between the emotional centers and the brain. The book presents arguments to explain the way in which our ancestral past has given rise to our modern day olfactory enigmas. Containing a glossary and chapter summaries the book will be accessible to a wide audience.

Book details

List price: $66.99
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication date: 11/29/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 300
Size: 5.98" wide x 8.98" long x 0.55" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgements



The Human Nose - A Zoological Conundrum?



Chemoreception and the Origin of Sexual Reproduction



Chemical communication and the hypophysis



Neural connections between nose and brain



The Scented Ape



The sebaceous glands



The apocrine glands



Axillary odours



Saliva and urine



Circumanal organ



Hair Meibomian, ceruminous and vestibulum masi glands



Human body odours



The Naso-Genital Relationship



Vaginal secretions



The ovarian cycle



The human menstrual cycle



Olfaction in sexual development



Scent and the Psyche



Evidence from philosophy, psychoanalysis, aesthetics and folklore



Evidence from experimental studies



Perfume



Ancient perfumes and their uses



Modern perfumes and their uses



Why do humans wear perfumes?



Incense



Ancient uses of incense



Ingredients of incense



The odours of incense



Support from animal studies



The Noselessness of Man



Ecology of parental investment



Bipedalism, hunting and human evolution Gregariousness, oestrus advertisement and the pair bond



Human concealed ovulation and olfactory desensitisation



Epigamic selection and male external genitalia



Axillary scent organs as secondary sexual characters



Conclusion



The Human Nose and the Monkey's Tail


Glossary of technical terms


Bibliography


Index