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Ancient Ancestors to Humans Had Not One, But Two Tails

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Artist’s rendition of the ancient Aetheretmon in the foreground (Photo Credit: John Megahan)

It has always been believed that the final segment of the human vertebral column, the coccyx, or tailbone, is the remnant of a lost tail. Now, some researchers assert it may be the vestige of not one but two tails, both of which humans and their closest relatives (great apes) managed to shed over millions of years of evolution.