Why is human hearing so poor compared to our fur friends? If its the modern comfortable living, then why have the fur babies retained such gret hearing?
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Thinking in evolutionary terms, what are the advantages of better hearing?
If you are a pray, you can more easily spot a predator.
If you are a predator, you can more easily track a pray.
Now while useful, for human, not really. We chased the pray in pack, and mostly tracked visually and as of 20-10 000 years ago we transitioned mostly to farming, and the role of keen hearing became even less important for procreation.
Now are there disadvantages for too sharp hearing?
Think about it, what do sudden, noises do to your concentration? For me getting distracted is greatly detrimental to various activities. Most of all learning.
I often see my dog, going from sleep to fully alert and growling in millisecond, because of (I am assuming) a noise I can barely, if at all hear.
It is possible the “poor” hearing is actually a benefit to a person whose productivity and resting depends on not being distracted? To a point, I wouldn’t be surprised if yes.
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