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Your appendix might not be useless after all—and new research says it could be an evolutionary secret weapon
For years, the appendix carried a reputation as the body’s most pointless organ. Doctors often removed it without hesitation, ...
The human appendix is a small, muscular, vermiform or worm-shaped organ, averaging around 9cm in length, that is located at the junction of the small and large intestine. 1 According to comparative ...
For skeptics of evolution, vestigial organs are pretty difficult to explain. The human body has inherited numerous adaptations from our ancient ancestors that no longer serve a purpose in our modern ...
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