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Question
Write the names of any two vestigial organs which are non-functional in human beings but functional in other organisms.
Short Answer
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Solution
- In humans, the appendix is vestigial and serves no purpose; but, in ruminant animals, it is involved in digestion.
- There is vestigial ear muscles, but cattle and apes have functional ear muscles.
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