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

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It helps a fish float or sink depending on how much air is inside it. That’s how a fish moves up or down in the water. Some fish have a connection between their swim bladder and their ears.

That means that fish should also be incapable of directional hearing, as there is practically no difference in volume and arrival time between their ears.

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Humans' outer ears may have evolved from the gills of prehistoric fish, a new study finds. Gene-editing experiments indicate that cartilage in fish gills migrated into the ear canal millions of ...

Humans' outer ears may have evolved from the gills of prehistoric fish, a new study finds. Gene-editing experiments indicate that cartilage in fish gills migrated into the ear canal millions of years ...