By Alice Clifford People today have a worse sense of smell than our prehistoric ancestors did, reveals a new study. Ancient hominins Denisovans were found to have the greatest sensitivity to smell, leaving Neanderthals and today’s humans in the dust. Denisovans are distant relatives of Neanderthals and are very early humans. They are known mostly
If you walk through the woods and pass a beehive, you may catch the sweet scent of honey in the wind and suddenly be flooded with memories: having tea with grandma or eating warm biscuits on a Sunday morning.