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Why are vestigial structures not removed by natural selection?

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they do not harm the organism

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Vestigial structures don't hurt the living being. Nature chooses against just unsafe attributes. Structures that have no obvious capacity and have all the earmarks of being lingering parts from a past progenitor are called minimal structures. Cases of minimal structures incorporate the human informative supplement, the pelvic bone of a snake, and the wings of flightless flying creatures.
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