There is a preadaptation of the inferior temporal cortex that we use when learning to read.
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"It's a perfect illustration of what is known as Darwinian preadaptation, " says Tecumseh Fitch, a biologist at Harvard.
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The paranotal hypothesis suggests that the insect's wings developed from paranotal lobes, a preadaptation found in insect fossils that is believed to have assisted stabilization while hopping or falling.
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It has been suggested that as a result of sexual selection, protandry forms a preadaptation that gives the queen more power to control the production of males and the sex ratio.
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In some circumstances, the " pre-" in preadaptation can be interpreted as applying, for non-teleological reasons, prior to the adaptation itself, creating a meaning for the term that is distinct from exaptation.
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It has been suggested that because of its function of sensory-motor control and assisting in learning complex muscular action sequences, the cerebellum may have underpinned the evolution of human's technological adaptations including the preadaptation of speech.
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Calabrese proposed that " the loss of an ability to synthesize ascorbic acid in humans . . . may have been a critical preadaptation which markedly enhanced the survival of early man with a G6PD deficiency living in a malarial infested environment ".
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However, differences in body hair between " Homo habilis " and " Homo erectus " are impossible to test, and it will remain unclear whether hair loss was part of the hominin adaptation or preadaptation to Eurasia.
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