What purpose do freckles serve?
I don’t know . . . What “purpose” does your butt serve? Sorry, that was uncalled for. It’s just tricky sometimes to discuss things in terms of their “purpose.” It becomes a very philosophical question—the teleology of freckles. We can be fairly certain about the evolutionary development of certain traits (like prehensile digits) and discern the advantages and benefits they confer, but when we talk about “purpose” we get into fairly murky territory, because it presupposes some sort of grand plan. What’s the “purpose” of poodles, for instance? var fl=new flashObj2();fl.ID = “fl_audio_sleepSex_excerpts2”;fl.flashFile = “http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Interactives/Tools/audio_gallery.swf?dataID=audio_sleepSex_excerpts2”; fl.width = 320; fl.height = 280; fl.play = “true”; fl.scale = “noScale”; fl.bgcolor = “#EEEEEE”; fl.flashVer = “7”; fl.cabVersion = “7,0,0,0”; fl.write(); A freckle is simply a concentrated deposit of the dark pigment, melanin. Produced by skin cells called m
