Use of phylogenetic analysis to distinguish adaptation from exaptation
Behavioral and Brain Sciences 25 (4):507-508 (2002)
| Abstract | One important difference between adaptive and nonadaptive explanations can be found in the evolutionary sequence of structural and functional modifications. Phylogenetic analysis (cladistics) provides a powerful methodology for distinguishing exaptation from adaptation, by indicating whether character traits have predated, accompanied, or followed evolution of particular functions. Such analysis yields falsifiable hypotheses that can help to distinguish causal relationships from mere correlation. | |||||||||
| Keywords | No keywords specified (fix it) | |||||||||
| Categories | ||||||||||
| Options |
|
|||||||||
Download options| PhilPapers Archive |
Upload a copy of this paper Check publisher's policy on self-archival Papers currently archived: 5,672 |
| External links |
 |
| Through your library | Configure |
Similar books and articlesM. D. Rutherford (2002). It's Adaptations All the Way Down. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 25 (4):526-526.
Eric Alden Smith (2002). The Fuzzy Zone Between Exaptation and Phenotypic Adaptation. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 25 (4):529-530.
Jonathan Kaplan (2002). Historical Evidence and Human Adaptations. Proceedings of the Philosophy of Science Association 2002 (3):S294-S304.
Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther (2009). Character Analysis in Cladistics: Abstraction, Reification, and the Search for Objectivity. Acta Biotheoretica 57:129-162.
Ronald Sluys (1983). On a Functional-Morphological Approach to Phylogenetic Reconstruction: A Critique. Acta Biotheoretica 32 (1).
Leigh Van Valen (2009). How Ubiquitous is Adaptation? A Critique of the Epiphenomenist Program. Biology and Philosophy 24 (2):267-280.
Nicholas S. Thompson (2002). Adaptation for, Exaptation As. Behavioral and Brain Sciences 25 (4):531-532.
Ben Fraser (2010). Adaptation, Exaptation, By-Products and Spandrels in Evolutionary Explanations of Morality. Biological Theory 5 (3):223-227.
J. T. Wiebes (1982). L'adaptation Evolutive. Acta Biotheoretica 31 (4).
Analytics
Monthly downloads |
Added to index2009-01-28Total downloads11 ( #99,483 of 549,070 )Recent downloads (6 months)1 ( #63,185 of 549,070 )How can I increase my downloads? |
My notes
Discussion
