The human outer ear may have arisen from ancient fish gills.© A. Martin UW Photography/Getty Images (left); Photographer, Basak Gurbuz Derman/Getty Images (right) ...

MDS is caused by a deletion of a section of human chromosome 17 containing genes important for neural development. The result is a brain whose outer layer, the neocortex, which is normally folded and ...

Repurposing of a gill gene regulatory program for outer ear evolution. Nature, 2025; DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-08577-5 ...

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Here’s how it works. The human outer ear may have arisen from ancient fish gills. (Image credit: A. Martin UW Photography/Getty Images (left); Photographer, Basak Gurbuz Derman/Getty Images (right)) ...