According to this article, some 12 million people worldwide actually have tails. These tails (see images below) are long, hairless extensions of the spine that don't seem to serve any apparent purpose, as far as has yet been discovered. Whether it's a birth defect, a mutation by chance, a hidden gene, or some remnant of an evolutionary process is not yet known. Christians have claimed that this appendage is actually a sign of the Devil and shows that all people will this mark will be damned forever and have tainted souls. Most people with tails are embarassed by them, and many religious people think that the "tails" should be removed, else one continues to sport the mark of the beast.

A couple images of the "human tail" :
www.visual-evolution.com/images/content/thumbnails/newtail.jpg
www.visual-evolution.com/images/content/human_tail8.jpg
www.visual-evolution.com/images/content/thumbnails/human_tail8.jpg

For more information, see the below articles:
http://www.icr.org/index.php?module=articl...ion=view&ID=210
http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/zoo00/zoo00223.htm

For more images, see the blow link:
http://www.visual-evolution.com/tails.htm



This post has been edited by Saint_Michael: Jan 12 2006, 03:21 AM

This is a new one to me. I've never heard of humans having tails! Or didn't, til I came to this thread. They look bizzare though. In my opinion, it just doesn't look right for humans to have tails.

It's ok for animals to have tails as that's a natural thing, but human wise, it looks strange. It's still interesting though and with the additional thought that there's still biological information we've yet to find out.

The images were shocking, almost like frightful to look at a bit like spiders. I'm sure we'll eventually find out how these are created or what they're used for.

Thanks for sharing the information, I'll have to regularly check back to this thread to see what the other user's views on this tail thread are.

lol...I dunno about which Christians believe this is the mark of the beast. Biblically I know that the mark of the beast isn't gonna be something we're born with or have no control over. So coming from the Bible, and as a Christian Minister, I think the "Christians" who believe it's the mark of the beast aren't quite accurate. My best guess would be a birth defect/gene thing. There are some pretty interesting...occurrences that happen as a result of the wrong genes being dominant in a body. As a Christian I have my beliefs on why things like this happen specifically, being that as sin entered the world through man, so did mishaps and chance and "negative" occurrences. Disease wasn't here until man sinned, because the world was without fault. I believe that same general principle applies to all aspects of life where fault may be found.






This post has been edited by BuffaloHELP: Jan 10 2006, 11:10 PM

Well, since we evolved from a species related from the monkeys it seems logical that some gene that had already been blocked because of the evolution could have unlocked somehow or something. I consider myself a "believer" but not a religious person, therefore I disagree with this being a mark or the beast or having any relation with it, just as many other things I disagree with religion that make me not want to be part of it. By no means I have just meant to offend anybody.

We are meant to keep on evolving anyway, though I dont think this is exactly an evolution. There are others like the indigo and probably a whole lot more to come.

I think it must hurt when you sleep on your back or sitting down on a hard surface. It reminds me of dragon ball anime though.

That is really interesting. I also haven't heard of that before. I guess that goes to show you that we are really more like monkeys than we thought we were. I think that the tail being a sign of the beast also is a pretty wierd inference. I am gonna go with the theory of the hidden gene.

Hmmm... that's like that episode of the X-Files, where that one guy had a tail. I forget what the episode was even about now, but the image of the guy with a tail stayed in my mind.

But 12 million? I never knew the number would be that big, but it's pretty cool though. I'm not so sure about the whole evolution idea, but neat enough on it's own.

As for it hurting to sleep on or sit down, I can't see that being the case, because I know other animals have tails, and they don't seem to be hurt by them. And my dog certainly lays on her tail and she doesn't mind

those pictures are kinda distrubing....
..i personally think it has to do with evoloution also....
i mean we all have tail-bones...right...so mabye in some cases..theirs is bigger..in otherwords..actually comes out as a tail...
just like some peoples hands are bigger than others..
anyway thats what i think on it.
i dont know about it being a mark of the devil tho , but if it is anything like against christianity..then it just must be somthing exxagerated..after all it could just be a birth defect and its god that supposably...creates life..
in a way i would say its contradicting itself..
Nice find man it was intresting

Probably anything is possible to grow on the human body. I've seen pictures of someone with an extra finger, 2 noses and 2 belly buttons. Anyways, 12 million people? I wonder how many people have a "tail" in Australia..