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#ears

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privacy_guru

This is neat research. I remember in grade school we learned about this ability of humans to move their ears and how it was lost over time. The teacher asked if anyone might be able to move their ears and one girl was able to move her ears a little bit without the use of her hands. It was neat to see. I remember feeling a little jealous!

frontiersin.org/news/2025/01/3

Frontiers Science NewsEar muscle we thought humans didn’t use — except for wiggling our ears — actually activates when people listen hardThe auricular muscles, which helped our distant ancestors move their ears to improve hearing quality, activated when people were trying to listen to competing s
#evolution#vestigial#science
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michael

Can you #prickUpYourEars? I'm only aware of this ability because I am wearing glasses, and the same muscle movement pulls back the specs as well. Hence my guess would be that many people could do it and don't realise?

‘A neural fossil’: human #ears try to move when listening, scientists say
Researchers found that muscles move to orient ears toward sound source in vestigial reaction
theguardian.com/science/2025/j #science #humans #anatomy #neuroscience

The Guardian · ‘A neural fossil’: human ears try to move when listening, scientists sayBy Nicola Davis
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