This is a modern snake skull, with inner ear shown in orange. Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing ...

It is fascinating that the tiny bones in the middle ear appear to have evolved from gills that were no longer needed. Figure 2 shows the path that sound waves follow from the sound source where they ...

Transmitting sound via the bones in the skull to the inner ear. Bone conduction speakers rest against the side of the head near the ears, but not in them. Dating back to the 1920s, bone conduction ...

It is connected to one middle ear bone and the quadrate bone (green), which is part of the upper jaw. The schematic on the right shows these bones in a lizard with the primary jaw joint located ...