Comments on: 20 Useless Body Parts (Why Do / Did We Need Them?) http://www.bloggingwv.com/20-useless-body-parts-why-do-did-we-need-them/ (The West Virginia Blogger) Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:39:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Patti G. http://www.bloggingwv.com/20-useless-body-parts-why-do-did-we-need-them/comment-page-2/#comment-11805 Patti G. Fri, 31 Oct 2008 01:28:53 +0000 http://www.bloggingwv.com/20-useless-body-parts-why-do-did-we-need-them/#comment-11805 I think we were born perfect. I think we were born perfect.

]]> By: Paunchiness http://www.bloggingwv.com/20-useless-body-parts-why-do-did-we-need-them/comment-page-2/#comment-11432 Paunchiness Wed, 24 Sep 2008 22:08:41 +0000 http://www.bloggingwv.com/20-useless-body-parts-why-do-did-we-need-them/#comment-11432 This is an awesome list. I'm always looking for weird stuff like this. Thanks for posting it. I've bookmarked it on all the popular sites. <abbr><em>Paunchinesss last blog post..<a href="http://www.paunchiness.com/2008-09-the-chair-fiasco/" rel="nofollow">The Chair Fiasco</a></abbr></em> This is an awesome list. I’m always looking for weird stuff like this. Thanks for posting it. I’ve bookmarked it on all the popular sites.

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]]> By: bipolar2 http://www.bloggingwv.com/20-useless-body-parts-why-do-did-we-need-them/comment-page-2/#comment-10930 bipolar2 Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:06:19 +0000 http://www.bloggingwv.com/20-useless-body-parts-why-do-did-we-need-them/#comment-10930 Stephen Jay Gould spent a creative lifetime (1940-2002) dealing with so-called useless organs, multi-functional organs, alteration of organs (jaws of fishes become bones of mammalian ear), conservatism of embryonic pathways. One of his books, Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes, contains an essay which discusses the re-appearance of ancient ancestral traits which are not usually expressed in the modern anatomical forms. Early birds had teeth. Early horses were multi-toed. Consider that men and women are built on an identical embryonic template until hormones are released which lead to sexual differentiation. So, male nipples are not used, because they do not form part of a normally functional male, but they are not useless in the sense that these tissues under the right hormonal stimulus could have become fully functional breast tissue. Your list has a sort of gee-whiz effect -- ain't that odd. But, some of the traits you list were adaptations and some were features of embryonic development which had to come along for the ride. For example, even the blind mole rat of the middle eastern deserts forms an eye and a lens (though misshapen) though the eyes are completely covered by skin and hair from birth. bipolar2 Stephen Jay Gould spent a creative lifetime (1940-2002) dealing with so-called useless organs, multi-functional organs, alteration of organs (jaws of fishes become bones of mammalian ear), conservatism of embryonic pathways.

One of his books, Hen’s Teeth and Horse’s Toes, contains an essay which discusses the re-appearance of ancient ancestral traits which are not usually expressed in the modern anatomical forms. Early birds had teeth. Early horses were multi-toed.

Consider that men and women are built on an identical embryonic template until hormones are released which lead to sexual differentiation. So, male nipples are not used, because they do not form part of a normally functional male, but they are not useless in the sense that these tissues under the right hormonal stimulus could have become fully functional breast tissue.

Your list has a sort of gee-whiz effect — ain’t that odd. But, some of the traits you list were adaptations and some were features of embryonic development which had to come along for the ride. For example, even the blind mole rat of the middle eastern deserts forms an eye and a lens (though misshapen) though the eyes are completely covered by skin and hair from birth.

bipolar2

]]> By: mike2 http://www.bloggingwv.com/20-useless-body-parts-why-do-did-we-need-them/comment-page-2/#comment-8185 mike2 Sun, 17 Feb 2008 04:23:46 +0000 http://www.bloggingwv.com/20-useless-body-parts-why-do-did-we-need-them/#comment-8185 That is great, funny and interesting post. 95% of the things i never heard of: like neck rib, male nipples ( well i seen male breast but nothing produce milk) and male uterus.lol That is great, funny and interesting post. 95% of the things i never heard of: like neck rib, male nipples ( well i seen male breast but nothing produce milk) and male uterus.lol

]]> By: Frank http://www.bloggingwv.com/20-useless-body-parts-why-do-did-we-need-them/comment-page-2/#comment-7387 Frank Fri, 11 Jan 2008 21:22:33 +0000 http://www.bloggingwv.com/20-useless-body-parts-why-do-did-we-need-them/#comment-7387 <blockquote>What a bunch of crap. Yeah, humans evolved from lizards. Who told you that, the witch doctor? This is obsolete garbage. Sure, there is very strong evidence that humans evolve, but humans didn’t ever come from any ape-like creatures, lizards, or any other non-human species. You people to to get your science out of the dark ages. IT’S THE 21st CENTURY!!! You people make me laugh. I don't think anyone's suggesting we evolved from lizards, but that many years ago there was simple, slimy life. This life produced lizard-type life and chimp-type life. The chimp-type life produced chimps and produced humans. The lizard-type life produced lizards. But all species stemmed from the original simple slimy life. I guess David Allmiller presumed that as you are an opponent of the model of evolution, you were a bible-basher. He, as a proponent of evolution, suggested you stop bashing a bible and take onboard the widely acclaimed studies going back over a century that suggest that our model of evolution is correct. Evidently, you are not a bible basher. To nutella, i suggest that science means you can view this webpage. Be thankful. Otherwise, you can go back to an animal lifestyle and bury your on dumpy shit.

What a bunch of crap. Yeah, humans evolved from lizards. Who told you that, the witch doctor? This is obsolete garbage. Sure, there is very strong evidence that humans evolve, but humans didn’t ever come from any ape-like creatures, lizards, or any other non-human species. You people to to get your science out of the dark ages. IT’S THE 21st CENTURY!!! You people make me laugh.

I don’t think anyone’s suggesting we evolved from lizards, but that many years ago there was simple, slimy life. This life produced lizard-type life and chimp-type life. The chimp-type life produced chimps and produced humans. The lizard-type life produced lizards. But all species stemmed from the original simple slimy life.

I guess David Allmiller presumed that as you are an opponent of the model of evolution, you were a bible-basher. He, as a proponent of evolution, suggested you stop bashing a bible and take onboard the widely acclaimed studies going back over a century that suggest that our model of evolution is correct. Evidently, you are not a bible basher.

To nutella, i suggest that science means you can view this webpage. Be thankful. Otherwise, you can go back to an animal lifestyle and bury your on dumpy shit.

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