do you think that in the future as we don’t need our appendix anymore we may evolve so we don’t have them or do you

Question: do you think that in the future as we don't need our appendix anymore we may evolve so we don't have them or do you think we may start using them again
- Keywords:
  appendix,
  biology,
  evolution,
  evolve,
  future,
  natural selection
Asked by _Bhavana to Anna, Hayley, Iain, Rebecca on 24 Jun 2015.
- Rebecca Jones answered on 24 Jun 2015:
  
  At the moment there is no use for the appendix but it was thought that it used to help our ancestors break down tough food like tree bark, which we (thankfully) don’t eat anymore. As there’s no function to it now there is the possibility that we could lose it altogether!

Question: do you think that in the future as we don't need our appendix anymore we may evolve so we don't have them or do you think we may start using them again