Evolutionary simplification in the human larynx – the loss of vocal membranes and air sacs common to all nonhuman primates – enabled the increased acoustic complexity required by human speech, ...

The recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is critical for speech as it provides nerve function to muscles in the larynx, or voice box. People have two RLNs, one on each side of the neck. Instead of ...

In his 1863 book Evidence as to Man’s Place in Nature, Thomas Henry Huxley raised hell by arguing that humans weren’t special. Like other animals, he said, humans are a byproduct of evolution, which ...

Researchers at the University of Bonn have found a way to stimulate the larynx muscles of mice using light. In the long term, this method could be an option for the treatment of laryngeal paralysis, ...