What Fossilized Ear Bones Tell Us About Ancient Human Hearing

Monday, September 28, 2015 - 08:40 in Paleontology & Archaeology

How did the world sound to our ancient human relatives two million years ago?While we obviously don’t have any sound recordings or written records from anywhere near that long ago, we do have one clue: the fossilized bones from inside their ears. The internal anatomy of the ear influences its hearing abilities. read more

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