The myth of human's poor sense of smell

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For years, at least back to the 19th century we have been taught humans have an inferior sense of smell to other animals. There is new research that indicates our sense of smell, as well as other creatures senses are more in tuned with evolutionary needs. We smell certain things or differentiate odors differently. An example might be dogs smelling butts and seemingly enjoying it while it's almost always offensive to us which doesn't mean our senses are inferior, just that we interpret differently.  We can smell an orange peel and find enjoyment while dogs and cats will back away like it's on fire and will kill them.. Dogs are often used to track odors, but we can as well under the right conditions. For example a dog can smell a pretty benign odor of certain drugs like cocaine and be trained to react. On the same hand a human could be on a subway or walking down an alleyway, smell vomit or old urine and immediately leave for a much more crowded area with many more people. Dogs? They'd probably eat it for lunch..  We interpret it all differently.. 
Anyway, this is mostly from an article in the NYTimes, https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/11/science/human-sense-of-smell-nose.html?action=click&module=RelatedLinks&pgtype=Article