"Extapation"
 

extapation
 
biological "adaptation with change of function"
 
serves to resolve the perplexing question of "how could an eye or a wing evolve via natural selection when a partial eye or wing isn't advantageous"
 
see Steven Jay Gould & Elizabeth Vrba, "Extapation: A Missing Term in the Science of Form," in Paleobiology vol. 8
> from Arcana: Musicians on Music (2000), John Zorn, ed.

> tagged with #form, #biology

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