Many individuals with a faint indentation or tiny hole just in front of their ear go through life barely aware of it. It’s ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The human outer ear may have arisen from ancient fish gills. | Credit: A. Martin UW ...

The middle ear of humans evolved from fish gills, according to a study of a 438 million-year-old fossil fish brain. Scientists discovered the fossil of the braincase of a Shuyu fish. Despite its skull ...

Stephen has degrees in science (Physics major) and arts (English Literature and the History and Philosophy of Science), as well as a Graduate Diploma in Science Communication. Stephen has degrees in ...

When you and I take a deep breath, we pull air into our lungs. That’s because humans are mammals. But fish aren’t mammals. They usually don’t breathe air. They usually don’t have lungs. That’s what I ...

A collaborative team of scientists recently found that there is no physiological evidence supporting a leading theory -- which involves the surface area of fish gills -- as to why many fish species ...

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