Re: vestigial nipples

From: Lee Daniel Crocker (lee@piclab.com)
Date: Fri Nov 01 2002 - 09:51:42 MST


> (spike66 <spike66@attbi.com>):
> Question please, evolution wonks: since most
> mammals have multiple offspring and consequently
> have 4 pairs of nipples, are humans ever born with
> vestigial extra pairs of nipples? Does this
> phenomenon have a name? How common is it?

Probably more than you wanted to know: there's a stripper
in Sacramento who not only has an extra pair, but has
piercings in them.

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