Question:
Why do men have Adam's apples?

The Answer:

In asking this question, most people aren't interested in
what the function of the Adam's apple is, just why men have
them and women don't. Unfortunately, the answer to that
isn't very interesting: women do have Adam's apples,
they're just usually smaller than men's and tend to be
hidden by fat in the neck.

Now that we've established the Adam's apple as an equal
opportunity body part, we can explore why it's there in the
first place. Officially known as the "thyroid cartilage",
the plates of the Adam's apple make up the front and side
walls of the larynx. The rigid structure of the Adam's
apple helps to support and protect the delicate vocal
chords that lay inside the larynx. It's men's longer vocal
chords that give them larger Adam's apples and deeper
voices.

(Main Source: THE BOOK OF TOTALLY USELESS INFORMATION
By Don Vorhees)

Direct from the May 5, 1998 mailing:

How did the Adam's apple get its name?

The Adam's apple gets its name from a legend that said that
part of the forbidden fruit became stuck in Adam's throat.

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