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What are vestigial organs? Name anyone of vestigial organs of human body.

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Answered by lkdayal05
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Charles Darwin was familiar with the concept of vestigial structures, though the term for them did not yet exist. He listed a number of them in The Descent of Man, including the muscles of the ear, wisdom teeth, the appendix, the tail bone, body hair, and the semilunar fold in the corner of the eye.ion:

Answered by STK0
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What are vestigial organs? Name anyone of vestigial organs of human body.

The non-functional organs in the present day organisms, but were functional & fully developed in the ancestral form.

  • In the course of evolution, they have lost their function & have reduced due to change condition.

Ex: Coccygeal, Nicititating Membrane, Wisdom Teeth & Body's Hair

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