New research may finally answer an age-old question. Using CT scans, the researchers examined the semicircular canals of 30 ...

An international research team, led by Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona paleontologist Alessandro Urciuoli, studied Neanderthal semicircular ear canals—the three tiny tubes in the inner ear ...

Examination of semicircular canals of ear shows Neanderthals experienced 'bottleneck' event where physical and genetic variation was lost. A new study by an international team of scholars ...