preadaptive
English
Etymology
Adjective
preadaptive (not comparable)
- Serving as an adaptation for something to occur in the future.
- 1987, John G. Fleagle, Primate Evolution and Human Origins (page 264)
- The pelvic modifications were associated with changes which were not primarily concerned with locomotion, but which rendered the pelvis preadaptive for erect posture.
- 1987, John G. Fleagle, Primate Evolution and Human Origins (page 264)