Behavioural Sciences

What nature's 'useless' quirks tell us about evolution

Skeletal remains from the Anne and Bernard Spitzer Hall of Human Origins at the American Museum of Natural History, a permanent exhibition hall that presents the remarkable history of human evolution from our earliest ancestors millions of years ago to modern Homo sapiens, are seen in New York,February 7, 2007.  The exhibit will open to the public on February 10, 2007. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton  (UNITED STATES) - GM1DUOGGYYAA

We've all heard of the concept of 'survival of the fittest', but evolution as a whole doesn't always work that way. Image: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

Ben Garrod
Fellow, Animal and Environmental Biology, Anglia Ruskin University
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