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The appendix was called useless for a century, and the best current explanation is that it is a safe house for bacteria
The appendix is the standard example of a vestigial organ, wheeled out in every ...
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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, and textbooks labeled it a vestigial structure—something our ancestors ...
Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don't need it—and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic story traces back at least to Charles Darwin, the English naturalist who ...
Few of us give much thought to our appendix unless it starts to 'grumble'. This can potentially become appendicitis, which ...
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