Evolutionary relics
- POSTED ON: 20 Feb, 2021
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- POSTED BY: Bhavya Venkatesh
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Vestigial organs or structures are body parts or features that don’t appear to have any purpose. They exist because they were probably useful at some point of time but, due to evolution, they lost their purpose somewhere along the way. In other words, they are currently useless.
Scroll down to read about some organs/features that fall under this category. Keep in mind that, though they are considered vestigial, there is still debate around whether they are completely unnecessary or not.
