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dc.contributor.advisorThomas Levenson.en_US
dc.contributor.authorSteiner, Siri Lefrenen_US
dc.contributor.otherMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Graduate Program in Science Writing.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2007-11-15T18:08:40Z
dc.date.available2007-11-15T18:08:40Z
dc.date.copyright2005en_US
dc.date.issued2005en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/39441
dc.descriptionThesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Humanities, Graduate Program in Science Writing, 2005.en_US
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (p. 26-27).en_US
dc.description.abstractThis thesis is an investigation of the vomeronasal organ, which senses pheromones. It traces the use of the organ in land-dwelling vertebrates, and suggests evidence that the organ is vestigial in humans and Old World monkeys. Possible explanations for the loss of the vomeronasal organ in these groups are described and evaluated. Notably, the development of tri-color vision may have replaced pheromones for sexual selection in these lineages. This may explain the human proclivity for visual information over pheromonal cues.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityby Siri Lefren Steiner.en_US
dc.format.extent27 leavesen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMassachusetts Institute of Technologyen_US
dc.rightsM.I.T. theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. See provided URL for inquiries about permission.en_US
dc.rights.urihttp://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582
dc.subjectGraduate Program in Science Writing.en_US
dc.titleThe natural history of a lost senseen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.description.degreeS.M.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentMassachusetts Institute of Technology. Graduate Program in Science Writingen_US
dc.contributor.departmentMIT Program in Writing & Humanistic Studies
dc.identifier.oclc70786591en_US


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