06 Oct 2007
Purpose of appendix believed found

Well bless my britches! But it makes sense - very little in Nature is useless. The money quote:

The theory led Gary Huffnagle, a University of Michigan internal medicine and microbiology professor, to wonder about the value of another body part that is often yanked: "I'll bet eventually we'll find the same sort of thing with the tonsils."

Some scientists think they have figured out the real job of the troublesome and seemingly useless appendix: It produces and protects good germs for your gut.

(link) [CNN.com]

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