Morphology and function of Neandertal and modern human ear ossicles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences , 2016; 201605881 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1605881113 Cite This Page : ...

Scientists find the greatest number of small ear ossicles known from Neandertals so far and compare them to the ossicles of modern humans The three bones of the middle ear (hammer, anvil, stapes) make ...

Some starfish made of a brittle material fortify themselves with architectural antics. Beneath a starfish’s skin lies a skeleton made of pebbly growths, called ossicles, which mostly consist of ...

Incus is Latin for "anvil,” which is why it is sometimes referred to as such. It gets its name from the shape of the bone. The ossicles are held in place in the middle ear by ligaments.

With a stable line-up—other than percussionist Erland Dahlen replacing Urbs' Helge Norbakken, Ossicles reflects an inherent collective chemistry that has only strengthened with time. Høgemo's ...

More information: Alexander Stoessel et al. Morphology and function of Neandertal and modern human ear ossicles, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (2016).DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1605881113 ...

In many mammal lineages, the ossicles eventually detached from the lower jaw and came to serve only auditory functions. The details of this transition have been mysterious.

Extant mammals, by contrast, have three ossicles (malleus, incus, stapes) and one ectotympanic bone, supporting the tympanic membrane, ... of the ear and its associated sensory functions.

The ossicles are arranged in a special order to perform their job. Directly behind and connected to the eardrum—which is essentially, a large collector of sound—is the hammer.

A research team led by scientists of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology scanned the skulls of Neandertals and found the small middle ear ossicles, which are important for hearing, ...