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The "butt-bone" is scientifically referred to as the coccyx (pronounced cok-siks) I believe it is the remnants of when our evolutionary ancestors had a tail. Gradually, over the course of millions of years, the tail shrank until what remains to this day is the coccyx, or "tail-bone".

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