Why do us humans have appendixes?

Question

I was just wondering because I was flippng through a biology book. Please answer. i nee 2 know this...

Answer 1

The appendix has no known current physiological function but probably represents a degenerated portion of the cecum
that, in ancestral forms, aided in cellulose digestion.

Answer 2

The appendix -- an organ barely 4 inches long -- causes much debate among medical professionals. In fact, doctors have trouble deciding if the appendix has any use to the body at all. While everyone agrees that the appendix can be removed without causing any adverse health consequences to the patient, some physicians and researchers believe that the appendix does serve a function as part of the immune system. Others feel that the appendix is a vestigial organ, a remainder from the time when humans regularly dined on tree bark and needed an additional organ to break down the roughage. Along with the disagreement over the true function of the appendix, there is no consensus if humans will always have this organ. Some doctors feel that the evolution of the human body will lead to the demise of the appendix, while others believe that the appendix will remain in the body, continuing to do whatever it does. There are other vestigial organs as well. They include the vemeronasal organ, the tail bone and wisdom teeth.

Answer 3

Medical science does not know why we have an appenix.
The theory is that is a vestigal organ that was once used to aid in the digestion of cetrain foods eaten by early humans.

Answer 4

At one time humans had 2 stomachs.

Answer 5

Same reason we have a little toe. It makes for interesting conversation.

Answer 6

For the same reason that God made platypuses and lightening bugs.

Answer 7

To digest grass. We don't eat grass anymore.