Evolution: Why Do We Have Vestigial Organs?

Evolution is an interesting topic to discuss. We often go through our lives without giving things a second thought, Like how a creature got its traits. But when we happen to ponder this question, we often find ourselves fascinated and captivated by the history of them. Throughout recent human history, we haven't changed physically for a while. Or at least it, it might seem that way. This is why some people might brush of evolution as a madman's idea. But when you take a closer look, you find that there is more than enough evidence to prove evolution.

If evolution wasn't real... why do we have vestigial organs? Vestigial organs are hard evidence that we have evolved from a different state, or creature. A popular one is the tailbone. Why do we have the tailbone? We don't have tails, and it has no other purpose than getting fractured. So why do we have it? We evolved from a different state, where the tailbone had a greater purpose than just being there. We know that animals like dogs use their tail for wagging so that they can sense balance. But humans can detect balance on their own, just fine. That's because we have evolved from a creature that needs the tail to sense balance. As we evolved over time, we found a new and better …show more content…
Depending on the environment or situation, the mutated animal prospers, while the other version of that creature usually fails in comparison or dies. In the situation where we don't use the tail anymore, eventually, the tail becomes vestigial, while the version of the creature with the tail, continues through another branch, or dies off. Over time the tail we have gets shorter and shorter, and eventually, we don't even need to grow it at all. It leaves the tailbone as the most recent step of evolution, for that specific body part. And all thanks to natural selection, these changes happen all the