The smallest bone in your body is the stirrup bone in the ear which is 3mm (an eighth of an inch) long. The longest is the femur, which is about a quarter of your overall height. Bones are about ...

It vibrates when sound waves hit it Hammer or Malleus - One of the three tiny bones in the ear. It moves when the ear drum vibrates Anvil or Incus - The second tiny bone in the ear. The anvil is ...

land animals evolved external ears as sound collectors and middle ears as mechanical force amplifiers. It is fascinating that the tiny bones in the middle ear appear to have evolved from gills that ...

Discovered in a cave in Spain, a uniquely shaped ear bone suggests that a Neanderthal child had Down syndrome. Since the 6-year-old child, who has been nicknamed Tina, reached early childhood ...