It turns out the human ear got off to a fishy start. Literally. A fascinating new study reveals that the mammalian outer ear ...

When sound waves reach the inner ear, neurons there pick up the vibrations and alert the brain. Encoded in their signals is a ...

A recent study has uncovered the surprising evolutionary origin of the mammalian outer ear, linking it to the gills of ancient fish and marine invertebrates. The research reveals that both structures ...

The scientists were able to incorporate enhancers that help form the elastic cartilage of the human outer ear into the genomes of zebrafish . Remarkably, the human outer ear enhancers were active ...