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"Until now, there was no way to observe the internal structure of the cochlea non-destructively ... Since the cochlea is located deep inside the ear and filled with lymphatic fluid, they will ...

To help pin down the metabolic mystery, the group of paleontologists tapped a surprising piece of anatomy: the inner ear—the shape of which is influenced by an animal’s body temperature.

But Ricardo Araújo at the University of Lisbon in Portugal and his colleagues suspected that the bony labyrinths containing the semicircular canals in the inner ear might provide a more precise ...

A team of scientists used three-dimensional CT-scans of a 6-million-year-old fossilized Lufengpithecus skull’s bony inner ear and found a structure that looks similar to some of today’s ...

To learn how the animal's bone structure helps with this, lead author Camille Grohé turned to the animals' inner ear. The inner ear is crucial for maintaining balance and a steady head posture.