article_snippet.sent: These results constitute compelling evidence that a pheromone effect different from normal olfactory perception indeed exists in humans,' says scent researcher Prof Hanns Hatt from Ruhr-Universität Bochum in Germany.
article_snippet.sent: But scientists are still divided over whether humans can actually communicate via pheromones.
article_snippet.sent: In the animal kingdom, this kind of communication is widespread.
article_snippet.sent: Mice have around 300 different genes for pheromone receptors; in humans, probably only five of Mice are still functional. '
article_snippet.sent: we also have to search for scent molecules in bodily secretions, which resemble Hedione and activate the pheromone receptor. '
article_snippet.sent: With the pheromone receptor help, humans could actually communicate with each other.'