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example 1: tailbone and tail (a) tail bone if an organism has a vestigial structure, that structure likely once had a function in a(n) embryological stage unrelated organism early ancestor close relative
Vestigial structures are remnants of organs or structures that had a function in the organism's early ancestors but are now reduced or non - functional. For example, the human tailbone (coccyx) is a vestigial structure that is related to the tails of our early primate ancestors. An embryological stage is about the development of the embryo, not the origin of the function of a vestigial structure. Unrelated organisms would not be the source of a structure's function in a particular organism. Close relatives may not be the right source as vestigial structures are more about the distant, early ancestors.
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