Adaptation for, Exaptation as

Document Type

Article

Abstract

The expression exapted as is offered as a substitute for the target article's exaptation for and exaptation to on the grounds that exapted as is less likely to foster the pernicious intuition that natural selection designs for future consequences.

Publication Title

Behavioral and Brain Sciences

Publication Date

2002

Volume

25

Issue

4

First Page

531

Last Page

532

ISSN

0140-525X

DOI

10.1017/s0140525x02500091

Keywords

exaptation

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