tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post2354926222165130928..comments2024-02-20T16:10:31.948-07:00Comments on First Nerve: The Wandering Nostril: African Funerals and the Late Jiminy CricketAvery Gilberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18104017679971839738noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8125354955146250762.post-78406719201019568322012-10-01T11:48:15.075-07:002012-10-01T11:48:15.075-07:00The reason they spray air freshener is the same th...The reason they spray air freshener is the same that caused our ancient ancestors to adorn the deceased with flowers. All of the objective evidence suggests that the scent of death even at low concentration can have a profound psycho-physiological effect on us. (Hauntings) This is the human version of the species-specific death avoidance behavior seen commonly in the natural world. The fact that the reporter cannot detect this scent is also not difficult to understand inasmuch as the male seems to be generally less sensitive to this odor than females, which also make sense from an evolutionary perspective. Once it is understood how this particular adaptation works and has worked for the past 300 million years it is almost absurd to suggest the we as human beings would not have benefited from this characteristic until we began building permanent structures that would, under certain conditions, store the material and intermittently release these con-specific odors. Viola! A haunting!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01745070868168416306noreply@blogger.com