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Scientists have produced a 3-D reconstruction of the remains of a two-year-old Neanderthal recovered from an excavation carried out back in the 1970s at La Ferrassie (Dordogne, France). The work ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) - A very small part of your body can have a huge impact on your overall health. Dr. Rebecca Brashears, owner and audiologist with Ascent Audiology & Hearing, stopped by First ...

Echolocating animals, including most species of bat and echolocators such as dolphins, obtain information about their surroundings from the differences between outgoing signals that they emit and the ...

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The first warm-blooded animals appeared abruptly 233 million years ago, according to clues hidden deep inside their ears. Before now, scientists estimated that warm-bloodedness, or endothermy, ...

Anatomical patterns of the inner ear wall canal in bats (IMAGE) University of Chicago Caption Different groups of bats have different patterns of openings for nerve fibers in the inner ear wall canal, ...