Do vestigial structures necessarily disappear through evolution?

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Transcript Do vestigial structures necessarily disappear through evolution?

Understanding Evolution: Minute paper
Write a short response to the following question:
If a species has a vestigial anatomical
structure that it no longer uses, would
you expect this structure to disappear
over many generations through the
action of natural selection? Always,
sometimes, or never? Explain your
answer.