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Image Rehab: Appendix Is Good for Something After All

Long-neglected organ is far from useless, researchers say

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Aug 24, 2009 3:08 PM CDT

(Newser) – The human appendix has been assumed to be useless since Charles Darwin first suggested it was a vestigial organ—an evolutionary remnant from the time when our predecessors ate leaves and other now-indigestible foods. But new research suggests the organ had a much more vital...   Read full story »

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