cope's 'law of the unspecialized
 

* 1.The evolutionary novelties associated with new major taxa are more likely to originate from a generalized member of an ancestral taxon rather than a specialized member

English Related Words* a babe in the woods

* a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

* a blot on the landscape

* a bolt from the blue

* a brand from the burning

* a buck of the first head

* a bun in the oven

* a cast of the eye

* a chip of the old block

* a chip off the old block

* a dog in the manger

* a drain on the resources

* a drop in the bucket

* a face like the back of a bus

* a feast for the eyes