Humans actually have vestigial muscles that activate when listening closely to something, even though people lost the ability ...

“Lifting the ears up straight ... They’re paying close attention, they’re concentrating,” says Steven Hackley, a researcher with the University of Missouri. Humans can’t move their ...

When people are trying hard to listen to something, the body seems to do its best to "prick up its ears," even though this ability was lost by our evolutionary ancestors millions of years ago.

Your ears can't prick up, but your ... They're paying close attention, they're concentrating," says Steven Hackley, a researcher with the University of Missouri. Humans can't move their ears ...