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Definition of Preadaptation
1. Noun. (biology) An adaptation that evolved in an ancestral population, in which it served a different function ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Preadaptation
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Preadaptation
Literary usage of Preadaptation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mind and the Brain by Alfred Binet (1907)
"Thanks to his power of preadaptation, the being endowed with intelligence acquires
an enormous advantage over everything which does not reason. ..."
2. The Mind and the Brain by Alfred Binet (1907)
"Thanks to his power of preadaptation, the being endowed with intelligence acquires
an enormous advantage over everything which does not reason. ..."
3. Theism in the Light of Present Science and Philosophy by James Iverach (1899)
"This fact, which Mr. Spencer calls preadaptation, reveals to us ... We referred
to eyes and ears as instances of preadaptation, but the whole organism of ..."
4. Theism in the Light of Present Science and Philosophy by James Iverach (1899)
"This fact, which Mr. Spencer calls preadaptation, reveals to us a striking
peculiarity of ... We referred to eyes and ears as instances of preadaptation, ..."
5. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1906)
"... paradoxical as it may seem, is a science of matter, the science, namely, of
a portion of matter having the property of preadaptation (p. 181). Book III. ..."
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