Lecture 1: “Hunter-Gatherer” Tribes

Hunter-gatherers in Malaysia have an impressive sense of smell

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/01/18/hunter-gatherers-masters-smell/#.Wn4ECJOplD0

Researchers have found that an indigenous people in Malaysia have a much better capacity to smell because their language uses more abstract words to describe smells like colors instead of comparisons (such as “smells like apple”).

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