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

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

Researchers have found that the auricular muscles, which helped our distant ancestors move their ears to improve hearing quality, activated when people were trying to listen to competing sounds.

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A muscle that we thought served no purpose beyond enabling some people to wiggle their ears is actually active when we are ...