The auricular muscles, which enabled our distant ancestors to move their ears for better hearing, activate when people try to ...

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A huge study of ancient DNA reveals the origins of the Yamna, who spread across Eurasia around 5000 years ago, showing they ...

Humans lost the ability to move their ears 25 million years ago, but new research reveals their muscles still react when we strain to listen.

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Although modern humans cannot move their ears around in the same way that dogs, cats, and horses do, the findings suggest ...

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Scientists call this feature a “neural fossil”. It’s a remnant of a system that once helped our ancestors pinpoint the ...

If you can wiggle your ears, you can use muscles that helped our distant ancestors listen closely. These auricular muscles helped change the shape of the pinna, or the shell of the ear, funneling ...