Your body is walking proof of evolution, but some parts have grown unnecessary over time. Here are five useless body parts left over from evolution. Follow Tech Insider: On Facebook More from ...

Why we have body parts we don't need is simple. According to the Harvard Health website, they were most likely necessary at one point but eventually became nonessential through evolution.

Archaeological evidence shows the Magdalenian people from 18,000 years ago likely were engaged in cannibalism. As part of the ...

All have a set of very similar genes (the homeobox genes) that define their basic body plan ... can yield insights into the process of evolution.

The ‘Out of Africa' (Replacement), ‘Multiregional Evolution' (Continuity), and ‘Assimilation' models are the three most widely used to interpret the origin of living human populations ...

Human genetic diversity and evolution rely on new mutations and exchange ... and in centromeres, parts of the chromosomes that ensure accurate cell division. This is probably to reduce differences ...

The very first fossils of this species -- found by paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson at Hadar in 1973 -- were the parts of a knee ... species in the story of human evolution.

"In our evolution, we do not need them so much ... The biologists are planning more work looking at other parts of the human body in detail. They have already studied the feet and know extra ...