A common misconception that people might misunderstand is that all traits of organisms are adaptations. This is not true. Though some are adaptations others are not. Traits can be non-adaptations. There are many other things a trait can be besides an adaptation. Somethings you might think are adaptations but are actually by-products. For example, blood’s redness is from its chemistry, a by-product. The blood’s chemistry causes blood to reflect red light. The chemistry is an adaptation but the redness is not. Some traits can be outdated adaptations. “For example, scientists have hypothesized that the large, hard-shelled fruit of the calabash tree (a native of Central and South America and the Caribbean) was actually an adaptation for seed distribution
