2006-10-21 08:30:35 · 11 answers · asked by Sarah . 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
They're there so you can drill holes in them and hang bling.
2006-10-21 08:32:17 · answer #1 · answered by Stuart 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Percing.........That's actually a great question. Ask God.
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2006-10-21 15:33:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
For earrings!
2006-10-21 15:39:45 · answer #3 · answered by vivi-mac 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to hang your earings or plugs like in africa where they put discs in their ear lobes.
2006-10-21 15:38:24 · answer #4 · answered by mikhal k 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they dont really have a purpose but i think it protects you inner lower ear or somehting...im making that up i dont lol
2006-10-21 15:39:47 · answer #5 · answered by luellenstar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are basically canals to funnel sound to our eardrums so that we may hear all of the important (or unimportant) things that people say to us! :-)
2006-10-21 15:38:56 · answer #6 · answered by Summer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seems like they'd have to have some evolutionary reason to be there, but as I think of it, other primates don't have them...
2006-10-21 15:39:14 · answer #7 · answered by Clarkie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In man they are vestegeal.
2006-10-21 21:42:11 · answer #8 · answered by moosa 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
something for people to grab u by when you are a kid
2006-10-21 15:32:18 · answer #9 · answered by gallow 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
to hang stuff on
2006-10-21 16:25:33 · answer #10 · answered by princess 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋