Always follow your nose: The functional significance of social chemosignals in human reproduction and survival

摘要: This article is part of a Special Issue "Chemosignals and Reproduction" Across phyla, chemosensory communication crucial for mediating variety social behaviors, which form the basis ontogenetic phylogenetic survival. In present paper, evidence on in humans, with special reference to reproduction survival, will be presented. First, impact chemosignals human reviewed. Work presented, showing how signals are involved mate choice partnership formation by communicating attractiveness facilitating partner selection, evolutionary advantage, furthermore providing information about level sexual hormones. addition direct effects indirectly aid reproductive success fostering harm protection. Results that aids emotional bond between mother child, turn motivates parental caretaking protection, leading infant Moreover, likelihood group survival can increased through use stress-related chemosignals. Stress-related induce physiology perceiver, thereby priming fight-flight-response, necessary an optimum adaption environmental harm. Finally, orientation discussed terms their putative role stabilizing groups, might provide protection foster An integrative model presented data introduced. conclusion, outlook, focusing involvement behavior illustrating novel approach significance given.