Vestigial structures are found in humans, and are thought to be useless or rudimentary body parts that had an important function in ancestral species. Give two examples of vestigial structures in humans

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Vestigial structures in humans are the coccyx (tailbone and arrector pili muscles at the base of each hair follicle.

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