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Re:A new human organ has been classified by soneca on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @06:25AM (#13308427)
Well, it is actually more a matter of classification than discovery. Scientists knew it was there for a long time, just they studied the functions better and made the case that we can define it as an organ.
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Re:A new human organ has been classified by rbcgerard on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @06:53AM (#13308529)
From the article it appears it was not understood to be one structure until recently (Continuous vs fragmented), yes we knew it existed, but obviously didn't understand it as well as we may have thought
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Re:A new human organ has been classified by coldtea on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @08:26AM (#13308915)
>This only makes it more disturbing, the fact that researchers knew of its existence and DISMISSED it is absurd and embarrassing

"Absurd and embarrassing" compared to what? What non-researchers did? It's the actual practitioners of science that set its baseline.

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Re:A new human organ has been classified by disordinary on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @03:08PM (#13312568)
We still discovered that it is in fact one organ though didn't we?
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