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2/2 “Also because it makes a statement about our own supposed cognitive superiority over the animals: ‘they smell & hear more acutely than I do because I’ve moved on from such basic brain stem functions. I don’t need to smell, I think instead, and that’s much more useful!’ In fact, we don’t do so badly at all.” Young children hear sounds at a frequency similar to a dog, better than many small animals.