Anewly discovered mammal fossil may give clues to how bones in the middle ear evolved from jaw bones, according to a study published in Science yesterday (December 5). The malleus, incus, and ...

UChicago paleontologists use CT scanning and simulations to show how a 250-million-year-old mammal predecessor could hear ...

The vertebrate ear is a remarkable structure. Tightly encapsulated within the densest bone of the skeleton, it comprises the smallest elements of the vertebrate skeleton (auditory ossicles) and gives ...

Ear care, or otology, specifically treats the structure and function of the ear. Ear conditions include hearing and balance disorders, damage or disease of the ear, tumors, and others (see below). Our ...

Researchers debate when language first evolved, but one thing is sure: Language requires us not only to talk but also to listen. A team of scientists now reports recovering the earliest known complete ...

Fossils of several shrew-like mammals that lived some 120 million years ago have revealed the earliest evidence of the middle ear bones separating from the jaw, a key step in the evolution of hearing.

A rodent-like mammal that lived 120 million years ago had a weird ear that may have evolved as a result of its unique chewing style. Yuanqing Wang of the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and ...