eli5: why is human hearing so poor

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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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Generally selection pressure gets hearing good enough. Dogs and cats have both been hunting animals much more recently than us, also hunting in different ways – we’ve been hunting large game that your going to be able to see a decent way off and makes more noise for a long time.

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