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

An ear wiggler himself, Schröer has collected stories of remarkable ear abilities, such as people who feel their ears moving toward a sound and people who use their ear movements in daily life. “They ...

Hackley says, as the listening task got easier and harder, the researchers saw changes in the signals to one particular ear muscle. HACKLEY: The muscle that lifts the ear upwards, that perks 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 ...

Humans actually have vestigial muscles that activate when listening closely to something, even though people lost the ability to really move their... Your ears can't prick up, but your ear muscles ...

Hackley says, as the listening task got easier and harder, the researchers saw changes in the signals to one particular ear muscle. HACKLEY: The muscle that lifts the ear upwards, that perks the ...

That's according to a new study which found that a certain vestigial ear muscle — one that perks up ears in animals — actually shows electrical activity when people engage in a difficult ...