Scientists find the greatest number of small ear ossicles known from Neandertals so far and compare them to the ossicles of modern humans The three bones of the middle ear (hammer, anvil, stapes) make ...

The human foot exhibits a range of normal anatomical variants known as accessory ossicles, small extra bone fragments that arise from unfused secondary ossification centres. Although most ossicles ...

Scientists have scanned the skulls of Neanderthals and found the small middle ear ossicles, which are important for hearing, still preserved within the cavities of the ear. To their surprise, the ...