A subclavicular ground was used instead of mastoid or earlobe leads since the subjects wore headphones during the recording.
It is interesting to note that both earlobes on this figurine are pierced with small holes.
Houdans have small earlobes and wattles hidden by the crest and feather bearding.
Within this definition, caruncles in birds include wattles (or dewlaps), snoods and earlobes.
Under some circumstances, a rope with attached thorns or obsidian flakes would be pulled through the tongue or earlobes.
Since the earlobe does not contain cartilage it has a large blood supply and may help to warm the ears and maintain balance.
An alternative explanation is that some tribes in the region had a practice of distending their earlobes by earrings or other ornaments.
He had been deprived of an earlobe and made a "rachepol" or outcast from his clan for a crime considered repulsive but not superlatively heinous.
