Because some of the ear’s structure involves bones, much of the evolution of the ear can be followed through the fossil record. The evolution of the mammalian ear is well documented and makes a nice ...

The development of the mammalian middle ear is a two-step process. First, the future Eustachian tube, which connects the ear to the throat, ruptures. This allows the inclusion of the middle ear ...

Before the time of the dinosaurs, a naked, warm-blooded egg-layer known as a gorgonopsian sipped water from Pangea's tropical ...

Newly discovered fossils, belonging to the mammal-precursor species Brasilodon quadrangularis and Riograndia guaibensis, ...

The mammalian ear uses inner hair cells (IHCs) to send electrical information to the brain, but it also has a specialized population of outer hair cells (OHCs), which act as cellular amplifiers to ...

Because some of the ear’s structure involves bones, much of the evolution of the ear can be followed through the fossil record. The evolution of the mammalian ear is well documented and makes a nice ...