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Morphology and Function of Neandertal and Modern Human Ear Ossicles Morphology and function of Neandertal and modern human ear ossicles Alexander Stoessela,1, Romain Davida, Philipp Gunza, Tobias Schmidtb, Fred Spoora,c, and Jean-Jacques Hublina aDepartment of Human Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, 04103 Leipzig, Germany; bDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Jena University Hospital, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, 07743 Jena, Germany; and cDepartment of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London, WC1E 6BT London, United Kingdom Edited by Richard G. Klein, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, and approved August 3, 2016 (received for review April 12, 2016) The diminutive middle ear ossicles (malleus, incus, stapes) housed Until recently, only a few isolated Neandertal ossicles were known, in the tympanic cavity of the temporal bone play an important role and their morphology differs consistently from AMH ossicles (19– in audition. The few known ossicles of Neandertals are distinctly 25). Because the external acoustic meatus and cochlea have nearly different from those of anatomically modern humans (AMHs), despite identical dimensions in AMHs and Neandertals (26–28), such shape the close relationship between both human species. Although not differences of the ossicles could indicate differences in auditory mutually exclusive, these differences may affect hearing capacity or capacities and with it, potential implications for habitat preference could reflect covariation with the surrounding temporal bone. Until and aspects of vocal communication. However, the temporal bone now, detailed comparisons were hampered by the small sample housing the ossicles is well-known to differentiate Neandertals of Neandertal ossicles and the unavailability of methods combining from AMHs, and some of its structures express morphological analyses of ossicles with surrounding structures. Here, we present an covariation (29, 30). Therefore, differences in ossicle morphol- analysis of the largest sample of Neandertal ossicles to date, including ogy between Neandertals and AMHs could also reflect variation many previously unknown specimens, covering a wide geographic in the spatial relationship of the ossicles within the tympanic and temporal range. Microcomputed tomography scans and 3D cavity because of differences in the placement of either the oval geometric morphometrics were used to quantify shape and functional window or the tympanic membrane (24). properties of the ossicles and the tympanic cavity and make compar- Comparative and functional investigations of Neandertal os- isons with recent and extinct AMHs as well as African apes. We find sicles were previously limited by the small sample size. High- striking morphological differences between ossicles of AMHs and resolution computed tomography (CT) has made it possible to Neandertals. Ossicles of both Neandertals and AMHs appear derived study the morphology of ossicles trapped in the tympanic cavity. compared with the inferred ancestral morphology, albeit in different Here, we analyze the largest sample of Neandertal ossicles to ways. Brain size increase evolved separately in AMHs and Neandertals, date (22 ossicles from 14 individuals), covering a wide geo- leading to differences in the tympanic cavity and, consequently, the graphic and temporal range. We compare these fossils with shape and spatial configuration of the ossicles. Despite these different Holocene and Pleistocene AMHs and African apes and in- evolutionary trajectories, functional properties of the middle ear of AMHs and Neandertals are largely similar. The relevance of these vestigate how previously observed ossicle characteristics fit into functionally equivalent solutions is likely to conserve a similar auditory the Neandertal bauplan and how it evolved. Studying ossicles is sensitivity level inherited from their last common ancestor. methodologically challenging because of their small size and complex 3D shapes. To quantify ossicle shape, we apply a 3D middle ear | homo | 3D shape | covariation geometric morphometric approach (18). We also test how dif- ferences in ossicle morphology affect the impedance matching function of the middle ear. As a functional measure, we chose an he hominin fossil record can only provide indirect information ideal transformer ratio (ITR), namely the pressure gain, which is about auditory capacities of our extinct relatives. Inferences T the product of the area ratio between the tympanic membrane about the evolution of the human sense of hearing require un- and stapes footplate and the lever ratio of the malleus and incus derstanding of the interplay between form and function in extant functional lengths (31–33). Finally, we analyze how ossicle shape species. When auditory capacities are visualized as audiograms, plotting the sensitivity for different frequencies, anatomically modern humans (AMHs) differ from the W-shaped pattern Significance found in most anthropoid primates. AMHs are characterized by a drastically lowered high-frequency cutoff and maintaining high Middle ear ossicles are critical for audition and rarely preserved in sensitivity in the low to midfrequencies, resulting in a U-shaped fossils. Based on microcomputed tomography images, our com- audiogram (1–7). In primates, such hearing variability is as- parative 3D shape analysis of Neandertal ossicles shows striking sumed to be partly related to forms of vocalization and habitat shape differences between Neandertals and anatomically mod- acoustics (8–10). Diverse hearing capabilities are also related ern humans (AMHs). However, these morphological differences to the morphology of the diminutive middle ear ossicles housed do not affect the functional properties of the ossicles, potentially indicating consistent aspects of vocal communication in Nean- in the tympanic cavity (11, 12). The malleus, incus, and stapes dertals and AMHs. Instead, a strong relationship between ossicle form the ossicular chain that connects the tympanic membrane morphology and tympanic cavity architecture is found. to the oval window of the inner ear. These bones play an im- ANTHROPOLOGY portant role in audition by amplifying and regulating the sound Author contributions: A.S. and J.-J.H. designed research; A.S., R.D., P.G., F.S., and J.-J.H. waves transmitted to the cochlea (11, 13–15). In particular, the performed research; A.S., R.D., P.G., and T.S. analyzed data; and A.S., R.D., P.G., F.S., and middle ear acts as a transformer that matches the impedances J.-J.H. wrote the paper. between the air and the perilymph of the cochlea (16), partici- The authors declare no conflict of interest. pating in the tuning of the sensitivity levels. This article is a PNAS Direct Submission. Recent analyses have emphasized a distinctly derived mor- Freely available online through the PNAS open access option. phology of the ossicles of AMHs compared with extant great apes 1To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email: [email protected]. (17, 18), suggesting that the ossicles of extinct hominins may provide This article contains supporting information online at www.pnas.org/lookup/suppl/doi:10. insights into the origin of the distinct auditory capacities of AMHs. 1073/pnas.1605881113/-/DCSupplemental. www.pnas.org/cgi/doi/10.1073/pnas.1605881113 PNAS | October 11, 2016 | vol. 113 | no. 41 | 11489–11494 Downloaded by guest on September 30, 2021 covaries with the surrounding tympanic cavity, looking into the slightly smaller than that between AMH and Pan (0.136), AMH angular orientation and distance between the tympanic sulcus and G. gorilla (0.136), and between Pan and G. gorilla (0.135). and oval window as well as their respective sizes. Mean shape of Pleistocene AMHs is closer to that of Neander- tals (0.117) than mean shape of Holocene AMHs. Pleistocene Results AMHs fall within the range of variation of Holocene AMHs. Shape of Middle Ear Ossicles. Compared with AMHs, Neandertals possess incudes with a shorter Malleus. In 3D shape space, Neandertals and Holocene AMHs intercrural distance, a deeper and less symmetrical intercrural form nonoverlapping clusters fully separated from African apes curvature, a distinctively straight long process, and a distinctively < (Fig. 1A); means of all groups differ significantly (P 0.01). large articular facet (Fig. 1E and Tables S1 and S2). Average shape distance between Holocene AMHs and Nean- Stapes. Neandertals separate from all other species, whereas AMHs dertals (0.120) exceeds distances between AMHs and Pan trog- overlap with P. troglodytes (Fig. 1C). Mean shapes of African apes lodytes (0.099) and between P. troglodytes and Gorilla gorilla do not differ significantly, but those of Neandertals and AMHs do (0.098). The mean shape of Pleistocene AMHs is closer to that (P < 0.05). Average shape distance between Neandertals and of Neandertals (0.104) than the mean shape of Holocene AMHs. AMHs (0.152) is higher than that between AMHs and P. troglodytes Pleistocene AMH specimens fall within the range of variation (0.063). Neandertals separate from AMHs by possessing stapedes of Holocene AMHs. Compared with AMHs, Neandertals pos- with more asymmetrical and long crura, an anterior–posteriorly sess mallei with a shorter manubrium, a larger and more ante- shorter but inferior–superiorly broader footplate, a distinct angle rior–posterior flattened head, a bigger articular facet with a less between the footplate and the crura, and a head facing more an- developed medioinferior part, and a distinctively wide angle be- teriorly than in any
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