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What are vestigial organs?


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Vestigial organs:

They are organs that were once functioning but have become useless or have reduced their function owing to evolutionary changes.

Examples of vestigial organs:

Tail bone in mammals is vestigial while other animals use their tails for balance, when humans began to walk, the tail became useless and evolved into the coccyx (united vertebrae).


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