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- Title
Musings on the concept of exaptation and "creationism.".
- Authors
Crawford, Charles
- Abstract
Discusses the notion of adaptive effects and argues that a focus on the actual physiological and psychological mechanisms that produce adaptations provide a way out of the exaptation dilemma. Concept of punctuated equilibrium; Implication of human being's desire to be special for its nature; Notion of exaptation.
- Subjects
BIOLOGICAL adaptation; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; LIFE sciences
- Publication
Behavioral & Brain Sciences, 2002, Vol 25, Issue 4, p511
- ISSN
0140-525X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S0140525X02280097