"Five Bad Evolutionary Designs"

Five Bad Evolutionary Designs

Charles Sullivan

Design Four: The Appendix

"This is a case of a vestigial organ if ever there was one. The human appendix has no known function, except perhaps to put money in surgeons' pockets."

http://www.secweb.org/index.aspx?action=viewAsset&id=772

Oh, dear. I guess that sinks creationism once and for all.

On second thought:

"Some scientists think they have figured out the real job of the troublesome and seemingly useless appendix: It produces and protects good germs for your gut. That's the theory from surgeons and immunologists at Duke University Medical School, published online in a scientific journal this week."

http://www.physorg.com/news110864235.html

So, assuming that the appendix "is a case of a vestigial organ if ever there was one," and if, as it turns out, the appendix is functional after all, then, by Sullivan's own admission, there never was a bona fide case of a vestigial organ.

I want to commend the fine folks over at the Secular Web for helping to prove intelligent design creationism.