As humans are mammals, it is possible, perhaps even probable, that we have pheromones.
However, there is no robust bioassay-led evidence for the widely published claims that four …

This article is part of a Special Issue (Chemosignals and Reproduction). As highly visual
animals, primates, in general, and Old World species (including humans), in particular, are …

Reproductive performance is the currency of evolution. All things being equal, an organism
should reproduce as often as possible. The puzzling questions in evolutionary biology …

The fermentation hypothesis for animal signalling posits that bacteria dwelling in an animal's
scent glands metabolize the glands' primary products into odorous compounds used by the …

Primates were traditionally thought to have a reduced sense of smell. Although there is now
evidence that olfaction plays a greater role in primate social life than previously assumed …

Despite the lack of evidence that the 'putative human pheromones' androstadienone and
estratetraenol ever were pheromones, almost 60 studies have claimed 'significant'results …

Proteins and peptides are used as pheromones by many invertebrates and vertebrates, on
land as well as underwater. These molecules are used as pheromones by aquatic animals …

While often placed in opposition to one another, integrating data from studies of captive and
non-captive nonhuman primates enhances our interpretation of their natural behavior and …

Many species use chemicals to communicate. In humans, there is increasing evidence that
chemicals conveyed by the body are extremely important in interpersonal relationships …

Research on animal microbiomes is increasingly aimed at determining the evolutionary and
ecological factors that govern host–microbiome dynamics, which are invariably intertwined …