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vestigial organs

Post by dr.pnj » Thu Apr 14, 2005 2:14 pm

please name the total of all vestigial oragans in man and their function in ancestors?
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an organ which is functional in an organism today but was vestigial during its course of evolution?
plz help me to get the ans by tomorow
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Post by mith » Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:13 pm

Oh there are many vestigials, The human tailbone(coccyx), the appendics, male mammary glands,
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Post by biostudent84 » Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:17 pm

If you count earlier hominids, aren't all human organs vestigal?

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