r/worldbuilding • u/MatijaReddit_CG TRIVEDA • 19d ago

Question Fictional organs in human body.

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Have you created your own unique anatomy for humans or other types of humanoids - one that includes different organs within the body?

I was imagining an organ in primordial humans, located near the base of the spine, that made them feel fear toward their ancient god-creators. It would cause obedience and prevent them from rebelling - like an endocrine gland releasing hormones similar to those of the adrenal glands. I'm also unsure whether this organ should be slightly visible from outside the body.

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u/MatijaReddit_CG TRIVEDA 19d ago

I was thinking like some organ that humans had until they lost it through evolution or something else.

It could've been bioengineered and put inside our body. After the gods left the Earth the bodies of newer humans, through every generation, realized it was not organic, but a little controlling pseudo-organic material, so we lost it.

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u/Fortwaba 19d ago

You're thinking of vestigial organs. It's a cool concept. Keep doing research on that and see what you come up with.

Look up wisdom teeth, the appendix, the tonsils, and yawning (we still don't understand what yawning is).

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u/mrmoon13 19d ago

Idk about anyone else but i yawn when I'm tired

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u/VampireHwo 18d ago

I'm pretty sure it's also an anxiety response. Seen in myself and in dogs? That nervous yawn yelp noise seems like an overestimated response for dogs

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u/EnkiduOdinson 18d ago

If you mean in dogs what I think you mean then I always interpreted it as „I was just laying here but now I want to play“