For more than a century, the human appendix has been written off as a biological relic, a shrunken leftover from plant-eating ancestors that serves no real purpose. That view is now outdated. A ...
Most people know only two things about the appendix: You don’t need it – and if it bursts, you need surgery fast. That basic ...
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