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Tue 31 Jan, 2006 07:45 am
Is it true that a human fetus grows a tail at a certain point in it's development???
yes, sometime in the 1st trimester, as the fetus developed there is a rounded nub at the back end.
however, it recedes around week 6.
The gills are pretty cool, too.
Ah, so it is a remnant of our evolution, so to speak??
I knew you were headed in this direction.....hehehe
I am just so psychotic, I mean psychic today.
maybe but you have gorgeous hair
Hehe yep I was learning about this a couple of weeks ago... well actually I was studying fish evolution but it stands. If you didn't have a post-anal tail then your internal coelom wouldn't have a defined end point. I.e. your guts would spill out the back
Yes. Here is what it looks like:
Human embryo with tail
Until they develop horns, there's no need to worry.
yes, absolutely it also develops gills.
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