"This distinctive inner ear anatomy reflects enhanced sensitivity and more rapid response to head motions," co-author John Flynn says in a press release. These highly-tuned traits were not seen in ...

and managed to point out exactly which species had an inner ear anatomy consistent with a warmer body temperature, and which ones did not. Until now the general expectation was that endothermy ...

It describes the anatomy of the human ear, how sound is transmitted and perceived, and the range of frequencies the ear can detect. The film also discusses the impact of distance on sound quality ...

To help pin down the metabolic mystery, the group of paleontologists tapped a surprising piece of anatomy: the inner ear—the shape of which is influenced by an animal’s body temperature.

A fossil of the inner ear of a six-year-old Neanderthal child that showed signs of Down syndrome seems to indicate that the ancient, now-extinct species were compassionate caregivers, according to ...

But the new results based on inner-ear anatomy appear to be “robust,” Panciroli says—especially because the same relationship between SDS and body temperature can be observed in living species.

The middle ear of humans evolved from fish gills ... Almost all details of the cranial anatomy of Shuyu were revealed in its fingernail-sized skull, including five brain divisions, sensory ...