Humans, mammals like any other? The case of the bony labyrinth
The morphology of the osseous molding of the inner ear – the bony labyrinth – is used as an indicator of phylogenetic/geographic relatedness, ecological adaptations, or sex estimation in both modern and fossil hominins. Ear shape variation is also observed at larger taxonomic scales, with a huge di...
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Bulletins et mémoires de la société d’anthropologie de Paris
2026
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| Online Erişim: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Özet: | The morphology of the osseous molding of the inner ear – the bony labyrinth – is used as an indicator of phylogenetic/geographic relatedness, ecological adaptations, or sex estimation in both modern and fossil hominins. Ear shape variation is also observed at larger taxonomic scales, with a huge disparity across mammals. This disparity may be due to an important evolvability of the mammalian ear, resulting from its genetic, developmental and anatomical complexity relative to other vertebrate... |
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