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Human or seal? Who has the best underwater hearing?

May 24, 2022

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Millions of years ago, all mammals lived on land, but at some point, several species left land and evolved to a life in the sea: think of seals and whales, which today are adapted to life underwater.

The rest who remained on land have similarly adapted to a life on land, and it can hardly come as a surprise that we humans today hear better on land than underwater — which is the conclusion from a group of scientists in a new study. But the study also reveals surprising news about human hearing.

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