Digg: The secret sex signals in human sweat

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The term pheromone was coined in 1959 to describe chemicals released by insects to trigger hard-wired behaviours in other members of the same species. For many years, it was assumed that humans did not produce or respond to any of these types of pheromones. More controversial still are claims that pheromones are involved in human sexual attraction.

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