You won’t notice it, but when you listen hard enough, your ears — or at least the muscles around them — spring into action. Though (most) humans lost the ability to wiggle their ears millions of years ...

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 ...

You can change these settings by clicking “Ad Choices / Do not sell my info” in the footer ... Scientists previously thought the muscle used to wiggle your ears was essentially useless.

Muscles only believed to be used to wiggle our ears actually enable people to listen more intently, reveals new research. Researchers have found that the auricular muscles, which helped our distant ...

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 ...

A “useless” muscle that allows some people to wiggle their ears actually activates when we strain to hear something. Our ape ancestors lost the ability to pivot their ears when they diverged ...

Wiggling your ears is a fun party trick, but it turns out we do it ever so slightly when we're trying to hear better too. Scientists previously thought the muscle used to wiggle your ears was ...

Muscles only believed to be used to wiggle our ears actually enable people to listen more intently, reveals new research. Researchers have found that the auricular muscles, which helped our ...