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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 ...
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Human Ear Evolved From Gills Of Ancient Fish, New Report Says

It turns out the human ear got off to a fishy start. Literally. A fascinating new study reveals that the mammalian outer ear ...
Humans' outer ears may have evolved from the gills of prehistoric fish, a new study finds. Gene-editing experiments indicate that cartilage in fish gills migrated into the ear canal millions of years ...