EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION
Vestigial Organs
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Chapter Outline
- Introduction
- Radiometric and Astronomical Dating
- Fossils
- Biogeography
- Homologous Structures
- Vestigial Organs
- Developmental Similarities
- Molecular Evidence
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Vestigial organs are parts of living organisms that appear to have no current useful function. The organ or structure is not usually harmful to the organism and is thus able to pass on the genes for developing the part. Examples include the appendix in humans (which does serve a purpose in some organisms), and hip bones in whales.
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