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similar story with the appendix. Initially considered a useless vestige, now thought to be involved with maintaining gut bacteria.
by slidehero 5mo ago
similar story with the appendix.
Initially considered a useless vestige, now thought to be involved with maintaining gut bacteria.
- XorNot 5mo agoAnd yet has no discernible positive effect on modern human survival rates but one of the most acutely lethal negative ones. Pre-medicine you got appendicitis and just died painfully.