• Question: How come humans don't have tails but animals do????

    Asked by justiekeeling7 to Damien, Suzi, Tim on 23 Jun 2011.
    • Photo: Suzi Gage

      Suzi Gage answered on 23 Jun 2011:


      Hi @justiekeeling7
      Actually humans do have the evolutionary remnants of a tail – it’s called out coccyx. The fact that we have this suggests that at some point in our evolutionary past we used to have tails, but we didn’t need them to eventually they evolved away. Some animals like cats use their tail a lot for balance, so they still have them.

      Hope this answers your question!

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