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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: thedoc on 26/03/2014 08:49:35

Title: How many different smells can humans detect?
Post by: thedoc on 26/03/2014 08:49:35
For decades scientists have claimed that humans can discriminate only 10,000 different smells. But a new paper has shown that to be a myth.
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