Whats Wrong With Our Bodies?

Published: April 6, 2018, 10 a.m.

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Humans have a tailbone for a tail we don\\u2019t have, wisdom teeth that don\\u2019t fit in our mouths, and tonsils that only seem to cause problems. Each of these \\u201cmistakes\\u201d can tell us a little bit about how we evolved and why we were so successful in spite of these flaws. We talk about our body\\u2019s quirks with biologist Nathan Lents, author of \\u201cHuman Errors: A Panorama of Our Glitches, from Pointless Bones to Broken Genes.\\u201d

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