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  2. Human vestigiality - Wikipedia

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    In rare cases, congenital defect results in a short tail-like structure being present at birth. Twenty-three cases of human babies born with such a structure have been reported in the medical literature since 1884. [22] [23] In these cases, the spine and skull were determined to be entirely normal. The only abnormality was that of a tail ...

  3. Polymelia - Wikipedia

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    Tetrapod legs evolved in the Devonian or Carboniferous geological period from the pectoral fins and pelvic fins of their crossopterygian fish ancestors. Fish fins develop along a "fin line", which runs from the back of the head along the midline of the back, round the end of the tail, and forwards along the underside of the tail, and at the cloaca splits into left and right fin lines which run ...

  4. Phocomelia - Wikipedia

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    Phocomelia is a congenital condition that involves malformations of human arms and legs which result in a flipper-like appendage. [1] [2] A prominent cause of phocomelia is the mother being prescribed the use of the drug thalidomide during pregnancy; however, the causes of most cases are to be determined.

  5. Minecraft (franchise) - Wikipedia

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    Minecraft is a media franchise developed from and centered around the video game of the same name.Developed by Mojang Studios (formerly known as Mojang AB) and Xbox Game Studios, which are owned by Microsoft Corporation, the franchise consists of six video games, along with various books, merchandise, events, and an upcoming theatrical film.

  6. Polycephaly - Wikipedia

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    The baby was described by the gynaecologist present at the birth as having "one stomach and he is eating normally with his two mouths. He has one genital organ and a full set of limbs". He died on August 28, 2009. [37] In July 2009, dicephalic twins were born in Indonesia with two hearts but sharing all other internal organs. [38]

  7. Sexual dimorphism - Wikipedia

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    Sexual selection is strong when the factor of environmental selection is also introduced. Environmental selection may support a smaller chick size if those chicks were born in an area that allowed them to grow to a larger size, even though under normal conditions they would not be able to reach this optimal size for migration.

  8. Markus Persson - Wikipedia

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    Persson's most popular creation is the survival sandbox game Minecraft, which was first publicly available on 17 May 2009 [37] and fully released on 18 November 2011. Persson left his job as a game developer to work on Minecraft full-time until completion. In early 2011, Mojang AB sold the one millionth copy of the game, several months later ...

  9. Steve (Minecraft) - Wikipedia

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    Steve is a player character from the 2011 sandbox video game Minecraft.Created by Swedish video game developer Markus "Notch" Persson and introduced in the original 2009 Java-based version, Steve is the first and the original default skin available for players of contemporary versions of Minecraft.