Andrew Huberman· PhD
We are thought to have a vestigial, meaning a kind of shrunken down miniature accessory olfactory bulb called Jacobson's organ, or the vomeronasal organ.
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We are thought to have a vestigial, meaning a kind of shrunken down miniature accessory olfactory bulb called Jacobson's organ, or the vomeronasal organ.
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And in humans, it's a little bit controversial as to whether or not it sits truly separate from the standard olfactory system or whether or not it's its own system embedded in there, but that they call the accessory olfactory pathway.
We are thought to have a vestigial meaning a kind of shrunken down uh miniature accessorial factory bulb called Jacobson's organ or the vulmerasal organ. Some people don't believe that Jacobson's organ exists. Some people do.