or we never had a tale
2006-06-21 10:33:11 · 10 answers · asked by qwq 5 in Pets ➔ Dogs
we have a tailbone, it's called a coccyx. i think we lost it b/c, like primates, we didn't need it - think it's primarily for balance of some sort, not sure - forget it...i don't know
2006-06-21 10:38:34 · answer #1 · answered by gingham 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We are primates. They are not. Didn't you read it?
Edit: And yes, we do have tails. Our tailbones have just simply gotten shorter and shorter until they don't stick out of our bodies anymore. Once in a while, you hear of a human baby being born with a tail. They usually remove it right away...
Other primates have "lost" their tails, too. Ever seen a gorilla with a tail? Or an orangutan? They don't need them anymore, either.
2006-06-21 17:35:37 · answer #2 · answered by doldaggabuzzbuzz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wa dont need to hold on trees with it any more, haven´t u noticed?
last time we had tails was before there was any diference between a monkey and an ape, then the (still tree dwelling) apes got so big that a funtional prehensile tail was getting out of question and then humans , unlike other apes, climbed down from the trees
dogs need it for wagging -getting their smell around and im happy we dont do the same
2006-06-21 17:40:38 · answer #3 · answered by iva 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol. Yeah. what i'd like to know is now did we make the move from creatures who reproduce asexually, to creatures that produce not only sexually, but carry the young in our bodies until it is fully functional.
THATS something i'd like them to explain to me. because the ability for a woman to carry a child is so impossible, yet it happens naturally.
2006-06-21 17:39:47 · answer #4 · answered by amosunknown 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
*rolls eyes* to all those who actually believe we never had tails.
A fetus has a tail in the womb, nimrods.
2006-06-21 17:47:38 · answer #5 · answered by Pits4Me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dogs use their tails for balance, etc. Frankly, we didn't need them when we began walking upright.
2006-06-21 17:37:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because we never had a tale
2006-06-21 17:48:15 · answer #7 · answered by Jen 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't think we had tails!
besides dogs can't read teehee okay that was a lame joke (mine) but i really don't think that we ever had tails.
2006-06-21 17:41:54 · answer #8 · answered by theanswermachine 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
HA! I don't think we ever had tails, interesting thinking though!
2006-06-21 17:35:34 · answer #9 · answered by Ashley Marlene 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT'S SPELLED TAILS NOT TALES
2006-06-21 17:36:39 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋