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 ...

The head tilt exercise is simple: relax your shoulders and gently tilt your head from side to side, bringing your ear closer ...

A study shows that vestigial ear muscles activate when humans listen intently, mirroring how animals move their ears to locate sounds. Using electromyography, researchers found that these muscles ...

That's according to a new study which found that a certain vestigial ear muscle — one that perks up ears in animals — actually shows electrical activity when people engage in a difficult ...

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 ...

They're concentrating. GREENFIELDBOYCE: So what about humans? People have some vestigial muscles around the ear. They never get used, except by those people who are able to deliberately wiggle ...

But what makes this skill possible for some and impossible for others? Ear movement is controlled by the auricular muscles—three muscles that connect the outer ear (or ‘auricle’) to 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 ...

Can you wiggle your ears? Apparently around 15 percent of the population can consciously move their ears up and down. Now, ...

If you hear something interesting, you might prick up your ears. That's a figurative expression, of course. People's ears don't actually move upward. But NPR's Nell Greenfieldboyce found that this old ...