{"id":5245,"date":"2026-03-17T18:24:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-17T17:24:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=5245"},"modified":"2026-09-29T11:16:45","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T09:16:45","slug":"exaptation","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/fossiliregionali.it\/en\/glossary\/exaptation\/","title":{"rendered":"Exaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5245\" class=\"elementor elementor-5245\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f767408 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"f767408\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e63ca21 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e63ca21\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">dal lat. ex &quot;fuori&quot; 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