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Definition of Preadaptations
1. preadaptation [n] - See also: preadaptation
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preadaptations
Literary usage of Preadaptations
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Forward Movements of the Last Half Century by Arthur Tappan Pierson (1900)
"Just so we discern in history preadaptations that defy any explanation without
faith in the providence of God. Men themselves have been undergoing a ..."
2. The Recapitulation Theory and Human Infancy by Percy Erwin Davidson (1914)
"A demand for more time in the upbuilding of increasingly complicated organs may
also bring about preadaptations. Finally the lack of uniformity in the ..."
3. Exploring the Borderlands: Documents Of The Committee On Common Problems Of by Joe Cain (2004)
"Not the least of these preadaptations were the various structures which promoted
insect pollination, since the families and orders of insects may very well ..."
4. The Miracles of Unbelief by Frank Ballard (1900)
"Besides which, all sorts of preadaptations and correlations, bony, nervous, and
muscular, would manifestly be ..."
5. Borderland Studies: Miscellaneous Addresses and Essays Pertaining to by George Milbry Gould (1896)
"Such a tool is the brain, created by Life in the womb, with mechanisms and
preadaptations that do not find their full functional fruition for many years. ..."
6. Quarterly Journal of the American Unitarian Association by Executive Committee, American Unitarian Association (1854)
"So then the natural innocence of infancy, though not holiness, any more than the
natural innocence of the lamb, indicates, nevertheless, the preadaptations ..."
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