The muscles that enable modern humans to wiggle their ears likely had a more important job in our evolutionary ancestors. . | Credit: Khmelyuk/Getty Images The little muscles that enable people to ...

An ear wiggler himself, Schröer has collected stories of remarkable ear abilities, such as people who feel their ears moving toward a sound and people who use their ear movements in daily life. “They ...

Scientists call this feature a “neural fossil”. It’s a remnant of a system that once helped our ancestors pinpoint the ...

Tens of millions of years ago, our primate ancestors responded to noises in much the same way many other mammals do, pricking their ears and deftly turning them towards the sound's source. While a few ...

Not just 'men's nipples': 10 seemingly useless parts of the human body - GIGAZINE The auricular muscles, which allow ear movement, are also a vestigial organ. Many animals can move their ears in ...

They are still used by roughly 10 to 20 percent of people with the fun ability to wiggle their ears. However, these vestigial muscles might be used more than scientists once believed. The ...

Thought to be pretty redundant in modern humans outside of wiggling our ears for a giggle ... useful for cognitive neuroscience research and human-machine interaction, as well as testing how ...

A new study suggests that our muscles for ear wiggling are also active when we listen with lots of effort. (Credit: BLACKDAY/Shutterstock) They wiggle, though they don’t do much else. That’s what ...

The findings offer new insights into human auditory evolution ... muscles contracted as if attempting to point the ears in that direction. If you can wiggle your ears, you can use muscles that helped ...

The little muscles that enable people to wiggle their ears unconsciously flex when we're trying to pick one sound out of a din of noise, a new study finds. Think about how cats, dogs and certain ...

Some people can still wiggle their ears voluntarily, but nonetheless, these muscles are considered "vestigial" — evolutionary remnants with little practical use today.