The Perfume-Body Odour Complex: An Insightful Model for Culture–Gene Coevolution?

摘要: Olfaction is involved in various human social interactions, ranging from mother-offspring attachment to mate choice; as other species, such chemical ­signalling thought be shaped by evolution. However, across many ­cultures, individuals manipulate their body odour means of fragrances and these may significantly affect the outcome encounters a context-specific fashion. Here we employ framework dual-inheritance theory, which advocates that cultural practices should incorporated into analysis ­evolution behaviour, explore olfactory signalling ethnic status markers. Further, review studies showing perfumes interact with an individual fashion people tend choose according genetic make-up. This indicates biologically evolved might operate concert practices. Finally, propose two scenarios: (1) how culturally based preferences use perfume impact gene frequencies populations, (2) cognitive biases selection scents are appropriate for adornments. This, our view, makes perfume-body complex potentially insightful model culture–gene coevolution.