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Left: the point pointed to by the arrow is a Darwin ear hump . Right: A homologous point in a crab monkey .
Darwinian ear humps

The Darwin ear hump , Darwinian ear hump or Darwin's hump is a cartilage process on the outer edge of the auricle of humans. In a study in Spain, it was found in 56 of 539 subjects.

The ear hump named after Charles Darwin was interpreted by him as an evolutionary remnant of the previously pointed mammalian ear and is therefore regarded as an atavism or rudiment . Although named after Darwin, it was first described by the British sculptor Thomas Woolner .

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  1. ^ A. Ruiz: An anthropometric study of the ear in an adult population . In: International Journal of Anthropology . tape 1 , 1986, ISSN  0393-9383 , pp. 135-143 , doi : 10.1007 / BF02447350 .
  2. ^ Charles Darwin: Human Descent and Sexual Selection , 1871
  3. ↑ Michael Hawke: Ear Disease: A Clinical Guide . PMPH-USA, 2003, ISBN 1-55009-241-3 , pp. 1 .
  4. ↑ Ulrich Kutschera: Evolutionary Biology . 3. Edition. UTB, 2008, ISBN 3-8252-8318-6 , pp. 44 .