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

By Phil Starks, Associate Professor of Biology, Tufts University
Lilia Goncharova, Master's Candidate in Biology, Tufts University

The appendix has independently evolved at least 32 times across 361 mammalian species. What makes it an evolutionary darling when it’s more of a medical liability today?

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