The Tailbone—It’s Not a Tail

This is Ken Ham, inviting you to the Bible-upholding Creation Museum in Northern Kentucky. Have you ever fallen on your tailbone? It hurts horribly and you can’t sit, stand, or lie comfortably for a while. That’s because many of your important muscles are anchored to your tailbone so when you fall on it, all of those muscles get sore. But the tailbone is often called a useless organ. Even the name “tailbone” suggests a time in our supposed evolution when we had tails. But, as a fall will demonstrate, the tailbone isn’t useless! Not only does it give your muscles somewhere to attach, they form a net to anchor your internal organs in place! The idea of useless organs is not true. Dig Deeper The Human Tail and Other Tales of Evolution Why Do Men Have Nipples?