Evolution has left humans with many vestigial traits—remnants of once-useful biological features that serve little or no ...

Millions of years ago, our ancestors were able to move their ears to better capture sounds, much like dogs or cats. But with evolution, this ability gradually faded, leaving behind muscles that are ...

Evolution has largely deprived us of our ability to swivel our ears, but those vestigial muscles still activate when we listen intently, according to new research. reading time 3 minutes Tens of ...

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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 ...

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