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What do we call a body part from an ancestor that has lost its original use?

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It is called a transitional fossil.
It is called a transitional fossil.

It is called a homologous structure.
It is called a homologous structure.

It is called an embryonic structure.
It is called an embryonic structure.

It is called a vestigial structure.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
It is called a vestigial structure — a body part inherited from an ancestor that has lost its original function.