29 November 2008

Top 10 Useless Limbs (and Other Vestigial Organs)

LiveScience: "In Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species (1859) and in his later works, he referred to several 'vestiges' in human anatomy that were left over from the course of evolution. These vestigial organs, Darwin argued, are evidence of evolution and represent a function that was once necessary for survival, but over time that function became either diminished or nonexistent."

Take a gander. It's fun reading.

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