Although modern humans cannot move their ears around in the same way that dogs, cats, and horses do, the findings suggest ...

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

Vestigial ear muscles activate during focused listening, revealing a hidden link to our auditory past and evolution.

Millions of years ago, our ancestors were able to move their ears to better capture sounds, much like dogs or cats. But with ...

Humans actually have vestigial muscles that activate when listening closely to something, even though people lost the ability ...

A new study shows that rapid facial mimicry is especially important for the social interaction between cats. The researchers ...

It's not for lack of trying. Researchers from Saarland University in Germany, hearing-aid manufacturer WS Audiology, and the ...

In almost every species, ear movement can be a clue that the animal ... Humans can’t move their ears around in the same way that dogs, cats and horses do. But people do have certain muscles ...

Humans can't move their ears around in the same way that dogs, cats and horses do. But people do have certain muscles around the ear that never get used, except by those people who are able to ...

They're paying close attention, they're concentrating," says Steven Hackley, a researcher with the University of Missouri. Humans can't move their ears around in the same way that dogs, cats and ...