Quote Originally Posted by Shelby View Post
I don't see how a reduction in information is evolution.
It's a common misunderstanding.

Evolution is purely change over time. There is no implied value. Information can increase or decrease. The only criteria is the success of the population in question. Superfluity of function can be wasteful, and so skills, instincts, and even organs can be a waste of tissue...hence whale's loss of feet, snake's loss of legs, and horse's loss of toes. They lack the genetic information to create those items, because it was unecessary for their survival, and was eliminated.