(October 26, 2011 at 6:52 pm)Statler Waldorf Wrote:(October 26, 2011 at 6:49 pm)Shell B Wrote: Incorrect. It is a genetic mutation, not a loss of genetic information.
http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/food/200...evolution/
It is a mutation that results in a loss of genetic information because the mechanism is rendered useless by the mutation.
No, it isn't. Hence the fact that many people retain some level of lactose intolerance. Furthermore, you have to show that there is an actual loss of genetic information, I mean, it is gone and nothing more is in its place, before we can continue this discussion. Assertions mean nothing.