Comment by slidehero
10 hours ago
similar story with the appendix.
Initially considered a useless vestige, now thought to be involved with maintaining gut bacteria.
10 hours ago
similar story with the appendix.
Initially considered a useless vestige, now thought to be involved with maintaining gut bacteria.
And 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.