vestigial structures (again) and new "information"

[Mallon]

Vestigial structures are often touted in support of the theory of evolution, but many evolution-deniers doubt the validity of such structures as "vestigial," arguing instead that they might serve some as-yet-unknown function. Whales, they will argue, do not have vestigial hindlimbs. Instead, these small bones serve to anchor important tail musculature. After all, whales could not possibly have evolved from terrestrial creatures -- that would require the creation of new "information"!
So my question pertains to the discovery of this dolphin with an extra pair of pelvic fins last year:
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=2629683

If God created limbless dolphins (or the dolphin "kind") as-is, perfectly suited to their environment as they are today, does the appearance of these hind flippers signify the appearance of new "information"?

 

[philadiddle]

I think the word "new" should have been in quotations in your title as opposed to the word "information".

(this is just my way of bumping the thread.)

 

[Mallon]

Bumping this back to the front page.

 

[Gottservant]

I think what you'll find is that after a few generations, this development will "snap back" to its normal form. The phenomenon of "snap back" was only recently discovered and is some kind of process whereby a child will jump back a few generations in terms of development (published in New Scientist magazine). People of the world will tell you that snap-back shows that creation doesn't know what it is doing, but having faith in God, we know that it is God's way of keeping adaptation in check.

After all, what good is God's giving of dominion to Man if adaptation leads to chaos?

 

[theIdi0t]

The phenomenon of "snap back" was only recently discovered and is some kind of process whereby a child will jump back a few generations in terms of development (published in New Scientist magazine).

I would like to hear more about this "snap back" phenomenon, do you have any links to articles on the subject?

After all, what good is God's giving of dominion to Man if adaptation leads to chaos?

How does adaptation lead to chaos?

 

[Gottservant]

I would like to hear more about this "snap back" phenomenon, do you have any links to articles on the subject?

This article is about pruning, which is not the same article as the one I was talking about, but it is similar.

How does adaptation lead to chaos?

Adaption doesn't lead to chaos because evolution is false, but if evolution were true and new species did simply appear, then there would be chaos (because ecologies would break down, for one thing).

 

[Gottservant]

http://www.newscientist.com/channel/life/mg19325861.200-the-ancestor-within-all-creatures.html

I think this is the article I was talking about. As it would happen, it is about the dolphin in question! I never read the whole article but understood the basic point from the front page.