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

A muscle that we thought served no purpose beyond enabling some people to wiggle their ears is actually active when we are ...

mirroring how animals move their ears to locate sounds. Using electromyography, researchers found that these muscles respond to challenging listening conditions, suggesting an ancient but largely ...

If you can wiggle your ears, you can use muscles that helped our distant ancestors listen closely. These auricular muscles ...