Primates show distinctions in hearing sensitivity and auditory morphology that generally
follow phylogenetic patterns. However, few previous studies have attempted to investigate …

The present study describes and analyzes new Neandertal and early modern human
auditory ossicles from the sites of Qafzeh and Amud in southwest Asia. Some …

The middle ear ossicles are only rarely preserved in fossil hominins. Here, we report the
discovery of a complete ossicular chain (malleus, incus, and stapes) of Paranthropus …

The presence of three interconnected auditory ossicles in the middle ear is a defining
characteristic of mammals, and aspects of ossicle morphology are related to hearing …

The aye-aye is a rare lemur from Madagascar that uses its highly specialized middle digit for
percussive foraging. This acoustic behavior, also termed tap-scanning, produces dominant …

The auditory ossicles in primates have proven to be a reliable source of phylogenetic
information. Nevertheless, to date, very little data have been published on the metric …

Ear ossicles have thus far received little attention in biological anthropology. For the use of
these bones as a source of biological information, it is important to know how reproducibly …

Human auditory ossicles, the malleus, the incus, and the stapes, are located in the tympanic
cavity in the temporal bone and through forming a chain for the sound transmission from the …

Previous study of the ear ossicles in Primates has demonstrated that they vary on both
functional and phylogenetic bases. Such studies have generally employed two‐dimensional …

This study describes three incudes recovered from the Dinaledi Chamber in the Rising Star
cave system in South Africa. All three bones were recovered during sieving of excavated …