Question

define vestigial organ write names of some vestigial organ in human body and write the name of those animals in whom same organs are functional

Answer 1

vermiform appendix is not functional in human beings but functional in animals as they take down cellulose from leaves as we do not feed on cellulose we don't need it ......may u got the right answer...hope so....

Answer 2

Answer:

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1. vestigial organs are degenerated or undeveloped organs of organism which do not perform any function

2. according to the principal of natural selection, such organs are on the verge of disappearence.but it takes many millions of years for it complete vanishing .

3. the vestigiel organs in one animal may be of use but to other kind of the animal they still perform regular functions.

4.appenix is vestigiel for human beings, it does not perform any function but in ruminant animal it is concerned with digestion.

5. ear muscles are vestigiel for us but in monkeys and cattle they are functional.