Scientists Thought This Ear Muscle Was Useless – New Research Shows It Still Works!
The auricular muscles, which enabled our distant ancestors to move their ears for better hearing, activate when people try to ...
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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 ...
Ear muscle we thought humans didn't use—except for wiggling our ears—activates during focused listening
If you can wiggle your ears, you can use muscles that helped our distant ancestors listen closely. These auricular muscles ...
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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.