Wiggling ears may have once helped boost human hearing

Wiggling ears may have once helped boost human hearing

You’ve probably seen a cat or dog swing their ears toward a sound. We can’t move our fairly rigid ears this dramatically. But people still possess ancient ear-moving muscles. Some of us can even wiggle our ears on demand. And, it now turns out, they’re more active than anyone knew. Andreas Schröer is an ear-muscle expert. An ear wiggler himself, he’s also a neuroscientist at Saarland University. That’s in Saarbrücken, Germany. Schröer was part o…

Wobbling Ears: How They Might Have Enhanced Human Hearing

You’ve likely observed cats and dogs twitching their ears in response to sounds. This movement may not be very dramatic for their relatively stiff ears, but humans still possess the muscles that once allowed for greater ear mobility. Interestingly, some people can even wiggle their ears, and it turns out they’re more active than previously [...] Source The post Wobbling Ears: How They Might Have Enhanced Human Hearing appeared first on Mondo New…