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Humans Have Tails Before They Are Born

An average person may not have a tail. But that doesn’t mean that they didn’t at one point in history. Actually, the fact is that all humans are born with a tail. During pregnancy, fetus shows characteristics of a tail which vanishes over time. This feature of human beings is one of the most interesting of all vestigial organs in humans.

Once the baby is born, the tail would have shrunk almost entirely. But, there are times when babies are born with these vestigial tails which are removed through surgery. The existence of tailbone among mammals acts as proof that humans had tails before evolving into modern human beings.

Humans Have Tails Before They Are Born

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