A Biologist Explains Why Humans Have An Appendix. Hint: Scientists Finally Have An Answer

Why do humans have an appendix? New research is reshaping our understanding of this overlooked organ and its antiquated role ...

What does the appendix do? Biologists explain the complicated evolution of this inconvenient organ

Biologists say the appendix isn’t useless after all. Evolution kept reinventing it, and it may help support gut immunity and ...
Medical Xpress

Why the appendix is much more important than we once thought

You may have heard that astronauts have their appendix removed before leaving Earth. After all, people say you can live without this organ because it serves no purpose, but how much truth is there in ...
StamfordAdvocate

What does the appendix do? Biologists explain the complicated evolution of this inconvenient organ

(THE CONVERSATION) Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic story traces back at least to Charles Darwin, the ...
The Telegraph

What does the appendix do? Biologists explain the complicated evolution of this inconvenient organ

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Phil Starks, Tufts University and Lilia Goncharova, Tufts University (THE CONVERSATION ...