Talk:Earlobe

Vestigial organs? - the page cited [1] seems to suggest the earlobe may be a vestigium of the tragus which some sea animals use to close the ear canal, but it doesn't say it explicitly. Are there any other, clearer references? Good article, otherwise. Adambrowne666 11:34, 25 September 2006 (UTC)

I suppose you're right. I misunderstood the source, as well as the definition of vestigial organ (not merely an organ without a known function, but one that had a function which is now lost). I will remove the link. Fishal 16:31, 30 September 2006 (UTC)

Possible use?

I remember reading about some researchers placing microphones inside ear-shaped moulds to record sounds from different directions. Turns out the shape of the ear modulates the perceived sounds, giving people a very accurate picture of where a sound came from in space (And if you make the same transformations on existing recordings, you can make it seem like the sound is moving in 3-D).

Perhaps they're not for identifying the direction of a sound's source, but for making certain sounds easier to pick out (such as a human voice). This is original research at this point, but might earlobes help with something like this? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 218.166.237.55 (talk) 22:09, 6 October 2007 (UTC)

Earlobes Jewish

I heard somewhere that having earlobes means there is some Jewish blood or ancestry. I'm not Jewish and have ear lobes, not that care either way but just thought it interesting to know.