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[–]iamonlyoneman 3 insightful - 2 fun3 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 2 fun -  (5 children)

They exist and are not well studied https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3987372/

[–]jagworms 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (3 children)

It would be kind of stupid to assert that humans are the only earth animal that does not have or use pheromones to communicate. We are and we do. Just because we don't realize we're being led around by our noses doesn't mean it isn't happening. It is.

[–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

fr we even have the organ in our sinuses to detect 'em

but, like tonsils and appendix, we don't know how they work so they're useless...until otherwise studies LOL

[–]jagworms 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Actually, doctors are too stupid to know what they're for. The appendix is a gut biome storage chamber, and the tonsils are not useless.
Doctors know nearly nothing about how the human body works. What they do know are all the drugs and how to sell them. Check this out: https://www.iflscience.com/researchers-accidentally-discover-what-could-be-an-entirely-new-organ-in-the-human-body-46824 https://nypost.com/2018/03/27/scientists-discover-new-organ-hiding-in-plain-sight/

[–]iamonlyoneman 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

preaching to the choir, buddy

[–]jostiniane 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Thanks for the guidance, I will check this out.

Andrew Huberman had an episode about them and summarized the research studies done, the conclusion was that no good quality peer-reviewed study proved their effect/existence in humans