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The repertoire of human OR (hOR) genes contains a large fraction of pseudogenes, suggesting that olfaction became less important in the course of primate evolution.
But, says neurobiologist and olfaction expert Lawrence C. Katz (Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States), ‘the onus is now on people who believe otherwise [than the labelled-line model] to provide compelling proof for the cross-fibre theory because now, at least at the periphery, the evidence is compelling for a labelled line for bitter, sweet, and umami’.
Research on retronasal olfaction is being actively pursued (reviewed in Deibler and Delwiche 2004).
Another intriguing feature of olfaction is combinatorial recognition of odorants.
To answer this question, I think we need to look beyond the olfactory receptor genes and consider olfaction in its full behavioral context.