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Is Appendix vestigial organ

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In line with the possibility of vestigial organs developing new functions, some research suggests that theappendix may guard against the loss of symbiotic bacteria that aid in digestion, though that is unlikely to be a novel function, given the presence of vermiform appendices in many herbivores.

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