Why do we have tonsils? – Secondary 11

Question: Why do we have tonsils?
- Keywords:
  evolution,
  tonsils
Asked by spongeyyy to Amylou, Maria, Mark L, Mark U on 2 Jul 2012.
- Mark Uphill answered on 2 Jul 2012:
  
  Hi spongeyyy,
  I’m not a biologist, but like may scientific questions, I suspect this is one which scientists don’t have an adequate answer to. It might be that tonsils have had an evolutionary function and that in our society at present they have less “purpose”. What do you think?

ellascientist commented on 2 Jul 2012:

People wouldn’t have their tonsils taken out if they were very important.

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Question: Why do we have tonsils?