Picture this: a wriggling fish, swimming in ancient seas, whose jawbones would one day transform into the sophisticated ...

It is fascinating that the tiny bones in the middle ear appear to have evolved from gills that were no longer needed. Figure 2 shows the path that sound waves follow from the sound source where they ...

The ear is much more than a hearing device ... Glenn hit his head so hard that shock waves went rippling through his temporal bone. Since the inner and middle ears are contained in a cavity ...

Anewly discovered mammal fossil may give clues to how bones in the middle ear evolved from jaw bones, according to a study published in Science yesterday (December 5). The malleus, incus, and ...

In the evolution of the middle ear, the spiracle gill pouch and the hyomandibular bone play principle roles. We have already considered the evolution of the hyomandibular, quadrate and articular bones ...