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Appendix in human is considered as vestigial. Why?

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The appendix is probably the most widely known vestigial human organ. Known as the .vermiform process., it is said that these tiny appendices may have once helped our primate ancestors with the digestion of cellulose-rich plants. Now it has become a vestigial organ as our-food habits have changed.
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