
Can you smell that? A hunter gatherer can! - News
Jean Balchin • Jan 23, 2018 •
Sniff, sniff. When it comes to naming particular colours, most people do so with ease. But for odours, it’s much harder to find the precise words. However, the Jahai people, a group of hunter-gatherers living in the Malay Peninsula are exceptions to this rule. An earlier study found that for the Jahai, odours are as simple to name as colours. Read More