Exaptation

[Thomas_R_HOLTZ@umail.umd.edu (th81)]

>On Tue, 28 Nov 1995, Jeffrey Martz wrote:
>
>> right for another function it wasn't originally developed for, and then 
>> can be fine tuned along those lines.  S.J. Gould and someone else 
>> whos name I can't recall suggested this misleading term be 
>> replaced with "exaptation").  If those feathers originally got 
>
> I think you are refering to Dr. Elizabeth Vrba? By the way, does anyone 
>know if she has e-mail?
> 

That's "Elisabeth" ('s', not 'z').  I made that mistake once (Once!).

I do not know if she is on email yet.

Thomas R. Holtz, Jr.
Vertebrate Paleontologist
Dept. of Geology
University of Maryland
College Park, MD  20742
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