Researchers have discovered a new type of tissue, a soft and flexible ‘fatty cartilage’ that could revolutionize the ...

A global team of scientists has made a groundbreaking discovery of a new skeletal tissue known as "lipocartilage," offering ...

New research has highlighted a fascinating link between human outer ears and the gills of ancient fish. Gene-editing ...

Scientists have traced the evolutionary origin of humans' outer ears to the gills of ancient fish through a series of ...

These are my 5 must-read science books. Our outer ears and those of other mammals are made of a subtype of cartilage called elastic cartilage. It is more flexible than either hyaline cartilage or ...

The genes that build the cartilage of fish gills were repurposed to build the cartilage in mammals’ outer ears ...

Published in Nature by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC, the study connects the elastic cartilage in mammalian ears to the same rare tissue found in fish gills. To explore this link, ...

It turns out the human ear got off to a fishy start. Literally. A fascinating new study reveals that the mammalian outer ear has its evolutionary roots in the gills of ancient fish. This surprising ...

Lipocartilage features fat-filled cells, offering elasticity Found in ears, noses, and throats of mammals, including humans Rediscovery may change anatomy and histology textbooks ...

The first clue toward cracking this mystery was the team’s discovery that gills and outer ears are both composed of a relatively rare tissue type: elastic cartilage. “When we started the study, there ...