The Scented Ape (Paperback)

David Michael Stoddart

ISBN 10: 0521395615 / ISBN 13: 9780521395618

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1990

Paperback. 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. An examination of the sense of smell in humans, relating the present day role of the sense to our evolutionary past. Chapter summaries and a glossary of technical terms makes the book accessible to readers lacking a strong zoological, physiological or anatomical background. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780521395618

Inhaltsangabe:

Both men and women devote time and effort to removing natural body odour and replacing it with sexual attractant odours derived from plants and animals - we seem to need to smell of something other than people! Yet of all the apes, we are the most richly endowed with scent producing glands. 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 behaviour in animals and there are claims that odour can play the same role in humans. The place of odours and scents in aesthetics and in psychoanalysis serves to illustrate the link between the emotional centres 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. The material is presented with as much explanation of the technical detail as possible to make the book accessible to a wide readership.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Scented Ape (Paperback)
Verlag: Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
Erscheinungsdatum: 1990
Einband: Paperback
Zustand: new