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    If our body can function without an appendix - why do we have in the first place?

    Question #15807. Asked by Fran. (Jan 08 02 11:23 AM)


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    		This quote is from encyclopaedia.com

    'The appendix or vermiform appendix, has no function in people and is considered a vestigial remnant of some previous organ or structure, having a digestive function, that became unnecessary to people in their evolutionary progress.'

    Jan 08 02, 12:15 PM

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