In the Beginning: Compelling Evidence for Creation and the Flood

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18. Vestigial Organs

Some structures in humans were once thought to have no function but to have been derived from functioning organs in claimed evolutionary ancestors.^a They were called vestigial organs. As medical knowledge has increased, at least some function has been discovered for all alleged vestigial organs.^b For example, the human appendix was once considered a useless remnant from our evolutionary past. The appendix seems to play a role in antibody production and protects part of the intestine from infections and tumor growths.^c Indeed, the absence of true vestigial organs implies evolution never happened.