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exaptation

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exaptation

Summary

exaptation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (210 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • exaptation's subclass of is recorded as evolution[2].
  • exaptation's subclass of is recorded as adaptation[3].
  • exaptation's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04lj4r[4].
  • exaptation's facet of is recorded as evolution[5].
  • exaptation's different from is recorded as Kooptacja[6].
  • exaptation's different from is recorded as preadaptation[7].
  • exaptation's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as preadaptation[8].
  • exaptation's Quora topic ID is recorded as Exaptation[9].
  • exaptation's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 72362118[10].
  • exaptation's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C72362118[11].

Why It Matters

exaptation ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (210 views/month).[1] exaptation has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] exaptation is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . Quora. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_exaptation_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{exaptation}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/exaptation}, note = {Accessed: 2026-04-10}}
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