Some questions on evolution

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Would you consider losing eyesight 'upwards to more complexity'?

Evolution sometimes leads to progress, but it sometimes leads in the opposite direction. For instance, the Texas blind salamander has lost his eyes after many generations of evolution due to the uselessness of eyes in the dark caves where he dwells.

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Aha! The plot thickens. Thanks Cato that's exactly the sort of contradiction I am looking for. That would certainly prove me wrong. Unless there is some other attribute that advances the organism instead. That is something I will look at. Thanks. Any more examples like that? Hang on just gonna go to the link....