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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.
 
2. Paranasal sinuses were designed in order to make our heads lighter. This might have something to do with humans switching from walking on four feet to walking on two...

But nowadays scientists are not sure why we still have them.
 
3. Most humans can’t wiggle their ears. Despite the fact that we have the auricular ear muscles that cats and dogs have to wiggle their ears, most of us are unable to use them and they really serve no purpose in the modern age....

 
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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