There could be a reason why women appear to have stronger senses of smell

Now this is a pretty cool story.

A new paper in the journal Flavour and Fragrance points to an evolutionary explanation for women’s superior sense of smell relative to men: they use it to sniff out genetic deficiencies in potential mates.

“Women have a larger interest in reproductive events because they have fewer opportunities for passing on their genes than men,” said George Preti, a Monell Chemical Senses Center organic chemist.

“Men produce thousands of gametes every day, women just one every month,” Preti said. “Their investment in a reproductive event is higher than men’s, so they’re more biologically attuned to who they’re mating with.”

Well, as cool as that sounds, I can’t/don’t fully believe it, not from the mouth of one organic chemist anyway, no matter how acclaimed he may be. I mean the study which would have been conducted on young American students, would not apply to non-western cultures. You know what I’m saying?

An Evolutionary Explanation for Sexual Smell Differences: WIREDScience