[cookcounty]

"WHICH VERTEGRATES MAKE VITAMIN C?"

Interesting that the higher orders can't make their own vitamin C, while the lower orders can. It certainly fits into change over time, but is it Evolution ? (accumulation of complexity?) or is it Devolution? (loss of complexity?).

[Heartlander]

Not all lower orders can.

It certainly fits into change over time, but is it Evolution ? (accumulation of complexity?) or is it Devolution? (loss of complexity?).

Exactly. Dollo's Law.

[jennyp]

Interesting that the higher orders can't make their own vitamin C, while the lower orders can. It certainly fits into change over time, but is it Evolution ? (accumulation of complexity?) or is it Devolution? (loss of complexity?).

You could say it's an increase of specialization. Which in economics at least is a hallmark of an economic entity (company, industry, country) that is growing & getting more sophisticated.