Most people think of ear-wiggling as a quirky trick, but new research suggests that human ears still attempt to move when focusing on sounds. While our ears appear static, scientists have discovered ...

A mechanism that activates specific muscles in our ears is a leftover from our evolutionary past, back when our ancestors depended more on their hearing for survival.

“Almost nobody [in the study] had the ability to voluntarily move their ears, so our results are not related to a person’s ability to do this,” said Schröer. However, previous research has shown that ...