The itch behind the ear

Ever since humans evolved into… humans, there has been only one conclusion to draw when they raise their hands to their ears. They are scratching their ears. But visual cues are all mixed up in these modern times. Now, when people seem to be scratching or massaging their ears, chances are they are conversing on their mobiles. Cellphones have become progressively smaller, so that they are invisible as the hand covers the ear.

But Nepal is a country where people still by and large scratch their ears, and, more importantly, behind their ears. Actually, this phenomenon that seems peculiar (but may not be) to the to the general region of the central Himalayan mid-hills is a physiological quirk that has gone unnoticed and unremarked by geneticists and scientists.