Tens of millions of years ago, our primate ancestors responded to noises in much the same way many other mammals do, pricking their ears and deftly turning them towards the sound's source.

The mere mention of Leonardo da Vinci evokes genius. We know him as a polymath whose interests spanned astronomy, geology, ...

Human ear muscles that ­scientists long believed were vestigial – or without function – are actually activated when we are trying to listen hard, a new study has found. Although the auricular ­muscles ...

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

Human ear muscles that scientists long believed were vestigial are actually activated when we are trying to listen hard, a ...

Learn more about the auricular muscles, which activate when we wiggle our ears, and apparently, when we listen to several ...

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 ...

A study shows that vestigial ear muscles activate when humans listen intently, mirroring how animals move their ears to ...

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This reconstructed visage of "Dragon Man" from the Harbin Skull is linked to a group of early humans called the Denisovans.