Which of the following statements is supported by research on newborn odor preferences?

A) Newborns cannot distinguish between the smell of their mother's breast and that of an unfamiliar lactating woman.
B) Bottle-fed newborns orient more to the smell of formula milk than to unfamiliar human milk.
C) Even without postnatal exposure, the odor of human milk is attractive to newborns.
D) Only breastfed babies prefer the smell of a lactating mother's breast to formula.

Answer: C

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