Firstly, and perhaps crucially, the folds in the pinna assist in determining the direction of sound (localization). This ...

Auricle: The external, visible part of the ear that collects sound and exhibits individual morphological characteristics. Ergonomics: The study of designing products and environments to fit the ...

Among their most difficult tasks is recreating the structural and biomechanical likeness of the outer part of the human ear, also known as the auricle. 1 Traditional methods rely on sculpting and ...

In a sense, the inner ear bones of the Lufengpithecus is a missing link in the evolutionary history of human locomotion. It all comes down to bipedalism, or the fact that humans walk on two legs.