Friday 24 May, 2013
THE HUMAN BODY is a mind-blowingly intricate and beautiful machine…. but there are still bits and pieces we don’t need hanging around.
They may have served us well once but, at some point during human evolution, they lost their usefulness.
(Note: if you don’t believe in evolution you may not want to read this… maybe just read this, instead.)
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I’ve a mate who was born with a penis that he doesn’t use
D’you reckon evolution could eradicate piles anytime soon?…jasus!
I was at the shop buying some condoms when the cashier said to me ‘Do you need a bag?”No’ I said, ‘She’s not that bad’
Wrong about the appendix it’s not as useless as we’ve been led to believe, lymphoid tissue which helps protect the body from bacteria begins to accumulate in the appendix shortly after we are born and peaks in early adulthood, there is some evidence that the appendix also trains our immune system by producing small amounts of dangerous antigens. It’s also a useful backup in reconstructive surgery of the bladder or a substitute sphincter muscle or a replacement ureter
Hang on… I can’t possibly be the only man whose nipples are erogenous? I demand that they are removed from the useless list immediately!!
I’m one of the 35% not to develope wisdom teeth :-)
I wouldn’t say my nipples are useless… I’d look a lot worse than I do now without them and goosebumps are still useful surely?
Not sure about the appendix, it may be our friend against diarrhea… http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/10/071008102334.htm
I never got my bottom wisdom teeth at 32 i never will, had xrays and nothing is there :D
top ones are fine :D
I’m a bit disappointed the god squaders not out denouncing evolution, always amuses me.
Evolution doesnt prove or disprove the existence of some force or a creator ! It just disproves the Hebrew version of events. It is over simple to suggest that there is no creator on the basis that Darwin was right. It is possibly more complex of indeed more simple that we are currently able to grasp. Time will tell. Either way I’m happy to exist.
I reckon any organ we are born with serves a purpose. Science can’t tell us everything.
Science has already told us what we need to know about these, though. They were useful many thousands/millions of years ago. They now aren’t. They’re still there because that’s how evolution works, there’s nobody there with a blueprint and an eraser.
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![When we had more body hair, the erector pili made our hairs stand up – either to provide insulation or to make us seem bigger to predators. Now they just give us goosebumps.
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