Vestigial ear muscles activate during focused listening, revealing a hidden link to our auditory past and evolution.

Thought to be pretty redundant in modern humans outside of wiggling our ears for a giggle, new research has revealed that ...

If you can wiggle your ears, you can use muscles that helped our distant ancestors listen closely. These auricular muscles ...

“The exact reason these became vestigial is difficult to tell, as our ancestors lost this ability about 25 million years ago, ...

Basal-cell carcinomas predominated on the posterior surface of the ear; elsewhere, epidermoid carcinomas were more common. Figure 1 Four Sites of Origin of Carcinomas of the Pinna. The more ...

This muscle, known as the auricularis posterior, has been largely dormant in humans for centuries but shows signs of ...

Summary: Humans have vestigial ear muscles that once helped our ancestors focus on sounds. New research shows these muscles still activate when we strain to hear in noisy environments. Scientists used ...

Muscles only believed to be used to wiggle our ears actually enable people to listen more intently, reveals new research.

The ear can detect a time difference as slight as 30 microseconds ... Time delays of reflections from the ridges of the pinna. The first chart (left) shows the delays (in microseconds) caused by ...

Ear (aural) hematomas occur when blood vessels in the pinna rupture secondary to trauma or excessive head shaking. Blood fills the space between the skin and the cartilage, causing pain and ...