Corpus: Darwin's tubercle
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after Darwin, Charles Robert (1809-1882), British natural scientist
Synonym: Darwin's ear humps, Darwinian ear humps or Darwin humps
English: , auricular tubercle
Definition[Bearbeiten]
The term auricular tubercle refers to an inconstantly occurring, functionally unimportant cartilage process on the helix of the human auricle.
Named after Charles Darwin, the auricular tubercle was interpreted by him as an evolutionary remnant of the formerly pointed mammalian ear and is therefore regarded as an atavism or rudiment.