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Thomas Frey - Senior Futurist at the DaVinci Institute - Celebrity Keynote
October 2nd, 2007 at 8:59 pm

Useless Body Parts

Here is a list of body parts we could all do without.

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Male Nipples – Lactiferous ducts form before the sex of the fetus is determined. Men have the necessary tissue to produce milk.

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Wisdom Teeth – Humans used to have to chew a lot plants to get enough food to survive, therefore the extra teeth. Today, only about 5% of the population has a healthy set of Wisdom Teeth.

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Extrinsic Ear Muscles – Three muscles that made it possible for early man to move their ears independently of their heads, the way that dogs and cats can. These muscles are why some people can learn to wiggle their ears.

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Thirteenth Rib – Chimpanzees and gorillas have them. But only about 8% of humans have an extra rib.

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Third Eyelid – Birds have them for protecting the eye and cleaning out debris. Humans still have a tiny fold in the inner corner of the eye.

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Subclavius Muscle – A small muscle that goes from under the shoulder to the first rib to the collarbone that would be used if we walked on all fours. Some people have one, others don’t and some people have two.

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