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> It's not an organ that's been believed to be vestigial, like the appendix. Not vestigial evolutionary speaking, but doesn't it get less and less functional
by outworlder 3y ago
> It's not an organ that's been believed to be vestigial, like the appendix.
Not vestigial evolutionary speaking, but doesn't it get less and less functional over a person's lifespan and gets replaced with fat tissue?
- echelon 3y agoYes. This is why T cell activity decreases as one ages. The thymus is where naive T cells are generated, and the output dramatically slows after adolescence.