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Without ossicles, ancient mammals might have been merely dinner for larger predators—or died off from starvation—rather than becoming our distant ancestors.—Jim Daley, Scientific American, 5 Dec. 2019 Once your eardrum starts vibrating, the ossicles in your middle ear start vibrating, too.—Amber Brenza, SELF, 4 Feb. 2018 The auditory ossicles of the middle ear – the malleus, incus and stapes – are the tiniest bones in the human body.—Emily Matchar, Smithsonian, 18 Dec. 2017
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