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by tk kk on May 3rd, 2005

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Why don't human beings have tails?

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  • by Scoundral on August 2nd, 2005

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    We do have tails, all mammals have tails. The coccyx is your tailbone, it's what's left of the human tail and it's just too small to poke out behind us. The simplest answer is because we dont need it anymore. Tails are primarily for balancing a quadrapedal animal (seeing as their head is heavy, they would be off balance without a tail). We walk on two legs, a tail would make us off-balance seeing as our head is in line wiht out body.

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    • A bit of vestigal bone that can still be broken.

      RedJohn

      by RedJohn on February 28th, 2006

    • LOL-evolution does NOT exist. Get the program, girl

      Answers101

      by Answers101 on March 12th, 2006

    • Good answer!

      Mimi Procter

      by Mimi Procter on May 6th, 2006

    • Here is another viewpoint: http://www.answersingenesis.org/home/area/cfol/ch1-development.asp

      Thomas_P6150

      by Thomas_P6150 on September 29th, 2010

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