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'Vestigial' human ear-wiggling muscle actually flexes when we're straining to hear
A mechanism that activates specific muscles in our ears is a leftover from our evolutionary past, back when our ancestors depended more on their hearing for survival.
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Despite Being Pretty Much Useless, These Ear-Wiggling Muscles Still Attempt To Work
Thought to be pretty redundant in modern humans outside of wiggling our ears for a giggle, new research has revealed that ...
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Study discovers that ear muscles wiggle to help people listen better
Muscles only believed to be used to wiggle our ears actually enable people to listen more intently, reveals new research.
Yale Physicists Unveil Hidden “Modes” in the Human Ear, Redefining How We Hear
Yale researchers discovered new cochlear hearing modes that influence how the ear amplifies sound and processes frequencies.