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Adaptationism
The view that many traits of organisms are evolved adaptations.
📖 Definitions of "Adaptationism"
noun
- 1
The view that many traits of organisms are evolved adaptations.
- 2
A set of methods for distinguishing traits resulting from adaptation from those arising through other processes.
- 3
The belief that all traits are adaptations brought about by natural selection, when some are only functionless by-products (also called "spandrels").
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