Humans actually have vestigial muscles that activate when listening closely to something, even though people lost the ability ...

Although modern humans cannot move their ears around in the same way that dogs, cats, and horses do, these findings suggest that humans involuntarily tense their ear muscles when listening intently.

When people are trying hard to listen to something, the body seems to do its best to "prick up its ears ... Humans can't move their ears around in the same way that dogs, cats and horses do.

Your ears can't prick up, but your ear muscles sure try When ... Humans can't move their ears around in the same way that dogs, cats and horses do. But people do have certain muscles around ...