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“exaptation,” which is when a trait that originally evolved for one purpose is only later repurposed for some other purpose. An example of exaptation is bird feathers, which initially evolved for insulation and were only later repurposed for flight—it would thereby be incorrect to say that bird feathers evolved for the purpose of flight.
A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains
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