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.

Letter Published: 24 September 1955 Supra-sternal Ossicles in Primates other than Man: some Isolated Cases in Gorilla and Chimpanzee G. T. ASHLEY Nature 176, 608–609 (1955) Cite this article ...

To their surprise, the Neanderthal ossicles are morphologically distinct from the ossicles of modern humans. Despite the differences in morphology, the function of the middle ear is largely the ...

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.

The ossicles are key to one way people process noise: The eardrum vibrates against these bones, which transmit the vibrations to the cochlea, a spiral-shaped structure within the inner ear.

Dried scleral rings of Opisthocomus, Galliformes, Cuculiformes, and other birds were examined to determine the pattern of ossicle overlap in Opisthocomus and its bearing on the phylogenetic ...

The smallest of the ossicles is the stapes. It measures about 0.1 to 0.13 inches (2.6 to 3.4 millimeters) in length and weighs about 0.00007 to 0.00015 ounces (2 to 4.3 milligrams), according to ...

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As a result, your ossicles start moving. They, in turn, pass on vibrations to a thin layer of tissue at the entrance of your inner ear called the oval window.