单词 spandrel 释义 BETA

Examples ofspandrel

Dictionary> Examples ofspandrelspandrelisn’t in the Cambridge Dictionary yet. You can help!Add a definitionNovel behaviors are not spandrels since they can only develop because of prior functions.From theCambridge English CorpusCommitment to the scientific enterprise requires that we not accept claims about constraint, exaptation, orspandrelin the absence of evidence.From theCambridge English CorpusThe long and narrow passage is evenly lit by a continuous glazed roof with openspandrelarches that provide a good level of daylight.From theCambridge English CorpusThese folks may get very excited by debates about adaptations, exaptations, and spandrels.From theCambridge English CorpusWhy not just plain dysfunctional adaptations rather than spandrels?From theCambridge English CorpusOne peculiar example of this can be found on thespandrelpanels of the firstfloor arcade in the cortile.From theCambridge English CorpusRather, spandrels must have been reproductively neutral or even costly over the period of their evolution.From theCambridge English CorpusAn adaptationist approach has a high prior probability, whereasspandrelhypotheses attempt to prove a negative.From theCambridge English CorpusFourth, the trait could be aspandrelthat lacks the proposed effect.From theCambridge English CorpusThey point out that spandrels are the by-product of the development of arches.From theCambridge English CorpusThese data then form the basis of revonsuo's proposal that dreaming is not aspandrelafter all but an adaptation.From theCambridge English CorpusPlaying prominently in both of these criticisms are the concepts of constraint,spandrel, and exaptation.From theCambridge English CorpusTaking the last first, are enlarged neocortices spandrels?From theCambridge English CorpusClearly, spandrels - by products of structural constraints - requires more attention from evolutionary biologists.From theCambridge English CorpusOr should the presumption be that the trait is an adaptation, unless there is sufficient evidence that it is aspandrel?From theCambridge English CorpusThus, certain features of language may be spandrels, by-products of pre-existing constraints, rather than end-products of a history of natural selection.From theCambridge English CorpusNevertheless, we agree that the "spandrel" concept might prove to be more useful in explaining how brains acquire culture.From theCambridge English CorpusOur suggestion that "big isocortices may be spandrels - byproducts of structural constraints for which some use is found later." prompted considerable comment.From theCambridge English CorpusIs it that the adaptationist account will generally be more parsimonious than an account claiming exaptation,spandrel, or constraint?From theCambridge English Corpus

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