The fully functional nictitating membrane is present in many amphibians, reptiles, and birds, and is used for protection, keeping the eyes moist, and concealing the iris from predators (Rogers, n.d.). Nonetheless, in humans, the plica semilunaris, although vestigial, is not entirely futile as it aids in eye movement and may have some lacrimal drainage functions (Rovira, 2016). As considerable evidence for human evolution, and because humans do not require the nictitating membrane to maintain proper vision or for survival, through natural selection, the nictitating membrane has become a reduced form which is the plica semilunaris (Ashish,…