Have you ever wondered which body parts are useless to us? HUMAN BODY has several completely useless parts. In time they lost their function, because of which out body does not uses them. Charles Darwin pointed out these anatomy anomalies in many, and in many animals, as a proof of evolution. By studying similarities in functioning different types of organs, biologists determined that otherwise completely different creatures have common ancestors.
The best example of that evolution is hairiness of men. Namely hairs served our ancestors to protect them from cold in time when there were no clothes and shoes. Similar example is the appendices which doesn’t participates in the digestion process. Still, one study from 2009 discovered that human appendix can be useful as “storage” for “good” bacteria that come to the aid of intestine when you get diarrhea.
10PLICA SEMILUNARIS
The remnants of a third eyelid can be found next to the tear duct. This membrane might have been used for sweeping debris out of the eye.
09DARWIN´S POINT
It´s a tiny fold of toward the top of each ear found in 10 percent of humans. It might be a remnant of a joint that allowed the ear to swivel or flop down.
08BODY HAIR
Eyebrows keep sweat out of the eye and male facial hair could play a role in sexual attraction but other body hair serves no real function.
07VOMERONASAL ORGAN
This non-functioning specialized sensory system is found in the nose. It apparently allowed humans to smell pheromones.
06WISDOM TEETH
Improved dental hygiene and smaller jaws make these molars a painful nuisance. Up 35 percent of people no longer develop wisdom teeth.
05AURICULAR MUSCLES
Auricular muscles are set of muscles that allowed the ear to swivel in the direction of a sound. All they´re capable of now is wiggling the ear.
04COCCYX
These vertebrae are a hangover from when our ancestors had rails. However, there have been over 100 cases of babies born with tails.
03ERECTOR PILL
That is a hair follicle muscles that produce ineffective goosebumps. When humans had more body hair the effect provided insulation or intimidated predators.
02THE APPENDIX
This attachment to the large intestine has no role in digestion. It might been helpful when humans ate more plants.
01MALE NIPPLES
All human fetuses develop nipples before their gender is determined. In men they have no purpose, except for rare cases of male lactation.
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