Humans Lost the Ability to Swivel Their Ears—But These Vestigial Muscles Still Twitch
Evolution has largely deprived us of our ability to swivel our ears, but those vestigial muscles still activate when we ...
Ear muscle we thought humans didn't use—except for wiggling our ears—activates during focused listening
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, funneling ...
Most humans haven’t moved these muscles in 25 million years
“The exact reason these became vestigial is difficult to tell, as our ancestors lost this ability about 25 million years ago, ...
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This Man Says He’s the Mysterious ‘Googly-Eye Bandit’ in Bend, Oregon
Jeff Keith, a longtime resident and nonprofit founder, says he used duct tape to affix googly eyes to two public sculptures last month ...
A hearing aid for … your nose? Feedback loop in olfactory system helps brain adapt to stimuli changes
Kaboom! The first time most of us hear the sound of an explosion is in the movies. Encountering the sound in the real ...
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Corn Silk: A hidden gem
Corn silk — long, shiny fibers you see at the top of an ear of corn — is more than just a part of the plant that’s often discard ed. It’s a hidden gem in the wo ...