> From: Reggie Bautista <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> The Fool wrote:
> >See above.
> 
> Looking above, I see that you posted an article which stated that the 

What I said was that the article for which you specifically quoted was
one that was posted to brin-L __by me__ originally quite some time ago,
and that I have read it, several times.

> vomeronasal organ was vestigial in humans and that humans "have no or
very 
> little ability to detect pheromones."  Jan said that this was
incorrect.  I 
> posted an article showing that a recent study proves that humans can
detect 
> pheromones.  Your reply included the statement "the organ can change
the 
> timing of ovulation to match other females, and somewhat to match
males.  It 
> serves no other known purpose" in spite of the fact that the article I 
> posted also stated that male pheremones affect female mood.  Here's a 
> further excerpt from the article at http://tinyurl.com/ev7p
> 
>      In addition to the endocrine effects, the women also had
differences in 
> mood. Based
>      on a questionnaire the women filled out after each administration
of 
> sweat or ethanol,
>      researchers determined that the majority of the women were more
relaxed 
> and less
>      tense when exposed to sweat.


Subjective.  Without more in depth studying of this it is not clear that
this is anything more than a statistical bump.  

 
> After you posted the article with incorrect information that humans
can't 
> detect pheromones,

It didn't say that humans can't detect pheromones.

let me quote for you:

"
The research, undertaken by Assistant Professor Jianzhi Zhang from the
University of Michigan in the USA, involved a comparison of the genes of
primates that can see colour and those that can't. It seems that males
developing colour vision negated the need for pheromones to attract
mates.
"
...
"
But humans and other primates only have remnant VNOs, so they have no or
very little ability to detect pheromones.
"

The article which I posted contained NO incorrect information.

> Jan said it was incorrect, you told Jan he was wrong, and 
> I posted an article that showed he wasn't.  What part of this don't you

> understand?

Get YOUR facts strait next time.
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