Can someone please help me name a rather obvious vestigial structure in the human skeleton? Hint: This structure has both a proper anatomical name and a vernacular (common) name.

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Thanks.

Answer 1

Appendix? However, this is not in the skeleton, but it isn't geology either.

However, since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "vestigial structures humans" to get these possible sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_vestigiality
http://www.decimation.com/markw/2007/07/09/what-evolution-left-behind-on-humans/
http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/comdesc/section2.html#vestiges

In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/.

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.