The auricular muscles, which enabled our distant ancestors to move their ears for better hearing, activate when people try to ...

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

What's more, when listeners were trying to pay attention to sound coming from a speaker behind them, the other ear muscle they monitored showed electrical activity — the muscle that, in animals, pulls ...

Millions of years ago, our ancestors were able to move their ears to better capture sounds, much like dogs or cats. But with evolution, this ability gradually faded, leaving behind muscles that are ...

Evolution has largely deprived us of our ability to swivel our ears, but those vestigial muscles still activate when we listen intently, according to new research.

If you can wiggle your ears, you can use muscles that helped our distant ancestors ... distracting podcasts from speakers in front of or behind them. Each participant underwent 12 five-minute ...

What's more, when listeners were trying to pay attention to sound coming from a speaker behind them, the other ear muscle they monitored showed electrical activity — the muscle that, in animals ...