Human ears can’t prick up, but the vestigial ear muscles sure try Humans actually have vestigial muscles that activate when listening closely to something, even though people lost the ability to ...

Here’s what causes ear infections and how they are most commonly treated. ... the canal connecting the middle ear to the back of the throat, thereby trapping air and creating negative pressure.

Though human ears are comparatively simple, our brains still have to adjust and re-learn how to identify the source of a sound when our outer ears are altered. Which all brings us to something of ...