Chimpanzees at a sanctuary in Zambia have been found to have developed the “seemingly pointless” behavior of dangling blades ...

Burning question: Why are our ears shaped the way they are? It’s easy to poke fun at someone with big ears, but human bodies have an interesting way of evolving to optimize their effectiveness ...

A team of researchers from Utrecht University, Durham University, and other institutions have observed something remarkable ...

A cannibal restaurant was uncovered after police found eight severed human ears in a cooking pot. The chilling network of human flesh-eaters was exposed after the disappearance of young mother ...

Humans actually have vestigial muscles that activate when listening closely to something, even though people lost the ability to really move their ears about 25 million years ago.

A man known as the “Human Satan” due to his extreme body transformations has removed his ears to mark the end of the Covid mask mandate. Brazilian Michel Faro do Prado, has undergone extensive ...

In a fascinating new discovery, scientists have found evidence suggesting that the flexible outer part of human ears may have evolved from the gills of ancient fish.

Scientists have traced the evolutionary origin of humans' outer ears to the gills of ancient fish through a series of gene-editing experiments.

Lots of animals use ear movement as a way to hear better - you may have seen a dog's ears pricking up after a sudden loud noise, or if you say "walkies!" But humans lost the ability to move them ...

But humans lost this ability around 25 million years ago, as our ancestors became more reliant on vision and complex vocal communication. The muscles responsible for ear movement — known as the ...

A common plant-based supplement was able to restore hearing in mice. Human ears could be next Scientists believe that hearing loss may be linked to a decrease in cholesterol in the inner ear's ...

Inner ear of extinct ape species is overlooked aspect of human bipedal evolution, study finds Described by scientists as a "bony labyrinth," the inner ear provides many clues as to the origin of ...