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Some Parts Of The Body Our Ancestors Had That Are Totally Useless Now....

Humans were originally Neanderthals and before that, we were all hunter-gatherers. But even before we started becoming bipedal creatures we were a part of the ape species, where hair covered our bodies and we crawled on all fours. But biology has altered us and we split from our cousins; the primates. We began to hunt, use tools and walk on two feet whereas monkeys and primates more or less just stayed the same...

But there are some traits that we have inherited from our very first ancestors that may no longer be useful to us nowadays.
 
1. Body hair. Body hair played a significant role not only in producing warmth (since Neanderthals didn’t wear clothes back then) but also for males to attract a potential mate...
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9. Appendix. The appendix is a muscular tube that is attached to our large intestine. It used to be an integral part of digestion for plants but nowadays, with most people eating fewer vegetables, it has become more prone to infections.
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