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Name any two vestigial organs in humans.


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Vestigial organs:
1. Vestigial organs are those organs that don’t have a relevant function in the organism’s body but still exist.
2. It proves the theory of evolution and how the organism would have changed from using it to not using it.
Two examples of Vestigial organs:
1. The human tail bone is one example, as the present-day man doesn’t have any use of it but still has the presence of a tail bone.
2. The wisdom tooth is another example that doesn’t have a specific function or relevance in human dentition.


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