Neural reuse: A polysemous and redundant biological system subserving niche-construction

Behavioral and Brain Sciences 33 (4):276-277 (2010)
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Abstract

Novel functions, which emerge by reusing existing resources formerly adapted to other original usages, cannot be anticipated before the need eventually arises. Simple reuse must be accidental. However, to survive the evolutionary race, one cannot merely keep hoping for a string of good fortune. So, successful species might be gifted with and biological mechanisms to prepare for future reuse. Neural reuse must be extrapolated from such mechanisms

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