Useless Body Parts

http://thekojonnamdishow.org/shows/2004-08-16/useless-body-parts

Listen Monday, Aug. 16, 2004 at 12:06 p.m. in Health, Science

Wisdom teeth, the appendix, the coccyx-- we tend to think of these appendages as useless. A conversation about these genetic leftovers and the story they tell us about human evolution.

Audio archives, transcripts and CDs will be available approximately 15 minutes after the program ends.

Guests

Martin Nickels

professor of anthropology and program director, Illinois State University

Michael Rosenzweig

Publisher & Editor-in-Chief, Evolutionary Ecology Research; author of "Win-Win Ecology" (Oxford Univ. Press)

Jocelyn Selim

associate editor, Discover magazine

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