Many evolutionists argue that the presence of vestigial organs/structures proves that the organisms evolved from some past organisms. Here are explanations for several of these vestigial claims.....
An evo may claim that a human embryo has gills. In fact, the slits in the human embryo is simply a stage in the development of the eustachian tube, which regulates the pressure on your eardrums. If you didn't have one, your ears would basically explode from the pressure.
Next on the list will be the 'pelvic bone' in whales. when evos see the word pelvic, especially in this context, they immediately assume that this implies that the whales once had legs, or evolved from an organism that had legs. Also, different from the mammal pelvic bone, the whale's pelvic bone isn't attached to the spinal cord. It's already been verified that the bone supports the whale's pelvic area, and also serves as an anchorage for the whale's reproductive organs.
What do you guys think?
Vestigial Organs
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Again, I don't see how giving uses for a few implies that all "vestigial" organs are useful, but that's not really the point in this particular post.YEC wrote:Tonsils - which supply phagocytes to the mouth and pharynx to destroy certain harmful bacteria.
Parathyroid glands - which regulate the calcium and phosphate balance in the plasma.
Appendix - which plays a part in the control of intestinal flora and fights disease in the intestinal tract.
Thymus gland - studies show that it confers antibody producing capacity to the lymphoid tissue during the early portion of life.
Coccyx bone - which serves as an attachment to the sphincter anal externus muscle which is used in eliminating waste from the large intestine.
......if you look, you find reason.
Moreso, I was just wondering about your coccyx bone explanation... you said it attached to a muscle, and you gave the use of the muscle, so you basically told us where the coccyx bone is, but gave no use for it. I think anything that is just an "attachment" can be considered vestigial. Although judging by the fact that you mentioned it, maybe it does have a use and it just wasn't expressed clearly. Wanna run that by me one more time?
