Pull your ear forward and it’ll ping back, thanks to the elastic cartilage it’s made up of. Elastic cartilage is actually quite rare as tissue types go, and a pivotal clue during the team’s ...

The outer ear is unique to mammals, but its evolutionary origin has remained a mystery. According to a new study published in Nature from the USC Stem Cell lab of Gage Crump, this intricate coil of ...

A recent study has uncovered the surprising evolutionary origin of the mammalian outer ear, linking it to the gills of ancient fish and marine invertebrates. The research reveals that both structures ...

The presence of two types of hair cells, the inner and outer hair cells, in the organ of Corti was appreciated ... ears revealed that the mechanical frequency selectivity in the living ear began to ...