How to use modern science to reconstruct ancient scents

Barbara Huber (), Thomas Larsen, Robert N. Spengler and Nicole Boivin ()
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Barbara Huber: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Thomas Larsen: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Robert N. Spengler: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History
Nicole Boivin: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History

Nature Human Behaviour, 2022, vol. 6, issue 5, 611-614

Abstract: Olfaction has profoundly shaped human experience and behaviour from the deep past through to the present day. Advanced biomolecular and ‘omics’ sciences enable more direct insights into past scents, offering new options to explore critical aspects of ancient society and lifeways as well as the historical meanings of smell.

Date: 2022
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