Sentences with phrase «human coccyx»

The human coccyx is highly variable but is generally composed of three to five vertebrae.

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A human fetus goes through the entire evolutionary process in 9 months, from simple multi-cellular life, through amphibian (some children are born with webbing still between their fingers and toes, like a frog), through mammalia and primates (we even have tails, of which the coccyx is a remainder).

Vestigial organs (useless organs) are common in whales (legs), flightless birds (wings), snakes (pelvis and lung), and numerous structures in humans (the coccyx, plica semilunaris, and appendix).

The list included body hair, wisdom teeth, and the coccyx — superfluous features that served as Exhibit A in his argument that humans did not descend from «demigods» but rather from a long line of fur - insulated, plant - chewing creatures that sported tails.