Reason Appenix exisits-found

For years, people have been asking, why do we have appendixes? Really, it seems the only reason we have it is to take it out when it gets inflamed. But it seems some doctors at Duke University have found its purpose.

According to the article, "Purpose of appendix believed found," the appendix houses, protects and produces good germs that help protect your intestines. When good germs that humans naturally have in their bodies are purged, in cases of chlorea or dysentry, the appendix replenishes the body with the good germs.

According to the article, "If a person's gut flora dies, it can usually be repopulated easily with germs they pick up from other people. But before dense populations in modern times and during epidemics of cholera that affected a whole region, it wasn't as easy to grow back that bacteria and the appendix came in handy."

The appendix is not a necessary organ for humans to survive, but it does come in handy if one gets chlorea or dysentry. And the appendix is not important enough to attempt to keep if one gets appendicitis, when the appendix gets inflamed.