>>And how are male teats vestigial? That would imply that at some time in the past men, or male mammals, had functioning breasts! If that were so, then it would seem to me that we have “devolved”. That is to say, we’ve lost functionality we used to have.
What is more logical is the thought that the only thing that makes men male is the Y chromosome. We have all the code in our male bodies to product female offspring (the X chromosome), and that code gives us teats.<<
None of which changes my answer. To “devolve” is a value judgment. To “evolve” means to change. The fact you don’t approve of the change is irrelevant.
>>None of which changes my answer. To “devolve” is a value judgment. To “evolve” means to change. The fact you don’t approve of the change is irrelevant.<<
But the answer I was replying to was your statement that vestigial organs are proof of evolution. They are not.
“Evolve” doesn’t mean just to “change” it means “develop gradually, esp. from a simple to a more complex form”. Vestigial organs would be evidence of the opposite.
“Devolve” isn’t a proper use of the word in this context, of course. It means to transfer power to a lower (governmental) level. Perhaps the best word might be “entropy”. One definition of entropy is: A measure of the loss of information in a transmitted message.