Scientists Thought This Ear Muscle Was Useless – New Research Shows It Still Works!
The auricular muscles, which enabled our distant ancestors to move their ears for better hearing, activate when people try to ...
IFLScience10 天
Despite Being Pretty Much Useless, These Ear-Wiggling Muscles Still Attempt To Work
Do your ears hang low, do they wiggle to and fro? In the latter case, that’s thanks to a so-called “neural fossil”.
Live Science10 天
'Vestigial' human ear-wiggling muscle actually flexes when we're straining to hear
A mechanism that activates specific muscles in our ears is a leftover from our evolutionary past, back when our ancestors depended more on their hearing for survival.
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel10 天
Study discovers that ear muscles wiggle to help people listen better
Muscles only believed to be used to wiggle our ears actually enable people to listen more intently, reveals new research.
New Scientist10 天
'Obsolete' muscle that wiggles ears actually activates while listening
A muscle that we thought served no purpose beyond enabling some people to wiggle their ears is actually active when we are ...