By UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK Humans or seals? Who has the best underwater hearing? All mammals lived on land millions of years ago, but eventually, certain species abandoned the land and adapted to life in the sea: take seals and whales, which both can now live underwater. The remainder of the species that persisted on land has similarly adapted to a life on land. That is … Continue reading Humans hear much better underwater than previously thought–at times better than seals