Re: please send vestiges

Stephen Barnard (steve@megafauna.com)
Sun, 04 Aug 1996 07:00:38 -0800

R. Devor wrote:
>
> Andy Cason wrote:
> >
> > I am looking for evolutionary vestiges, or evidence of evolution in
> > people. An example would be the Coccyx spine as a modified tail. The
> > stuff you send can fall in any category. It can be psychological,
> > anotomy, or physiology. Anything you can think of would be facinating
> > to me. Thanks...
> > --------------->AC
> >>1) fused coccyx bones in the 'tail'.
> 2) muscles that wiggle the ears.

Hey, I *use* those muscles to pull my glasses up! In fact, I wasn't
able to wiggle my ears until after I started wearing glasses.

> 3) wisdom teeth
> 4) appendix
> 5) third (or middle) tendon in the forearm (most people have two)