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Humans have more distinctive hearing than animals, Hebrew U study shows
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Phi-Sci Online
Apr 1, 2008, 12:19:01 PM4/1/08
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Do humans hear better than animals? It is known that various species
of land and water-based living creatures are capable of hearing some
lower and higher frequencies than humans are capable of detecting.
However, scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and
elsewhere have now for the first time demonstrated how the reactions
of single neurons give humans the capability of detecting fine
differences in frequencies better than animals. Link:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-04/thuo-hhm040108.php
of land and water-based living creatures are capable of hearing some
lower and higher frequencies than humans are capable of detecting.
However, scientists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and
elsewhere have now for the first time demonstrated how the reactions
of single neurons give humans the capability of detecting fine
differences in frequencies better than animals. Link:
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2008-04/thuo-hhm040108.php
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