"This distinctive inner ear anatomy reflects enhanced sensitivity and more rapid response to head motions," co-author John Flynn says in a press release. These highly-tuned traits were not seen in ...

The middle ear of humans evolved from fish gills ... Almost all details of the cranial anatomy of Shuyu were revealed in its fingernail-sized skull, including five brain divisions, sensory ...

studied the shape of the inner ear in Afrotheria. This animal group consists of related mammals that are vastly different in their anatomy and habitats, including the aardvark, elephants ...

To help pin down the metabolic mystery, the group of paleontologists tapped a surprising piece of anatomy: the inner ear—the shape of which is influenced by an animal’s body temperature.

But Ricardo Araújo at the University of Lisbon in Portugal and his colleagues suspected that the bony labyrinths containing the semicircular canals in the inner ear might provide a more precise ...

The perception of Neanderthals was long shaped by stereotypes of them as primitive and solely focused on survival. However, ...

June 26 (Reuters) - Living among a small band of Neanderthals in what is now eastern Spain was a child, perhaps 6 years old, with Down syndrome, as shown in a remarkable fossil preserving traits ...

Earwax is your friend. A gooey and somewhat gross friend. Next and last stop, the middle ear. We are now looking at an actual eardrum. The eardrum's a thin piece of skin, and other tissues ...