ad-ap-ta-tion n. any alteration in the structure or function of an organism or any of its parts that results from natural selection and by which?the organism becomes better fitted to survive and multiply in its environment

Bilal's body was stiff and cold on the cement parking lot. Even the blood which had pooled from his body had stiffened in the cold. His chest no longer rose and fell, and his heart no longer beat. Only his long hair moved, fluttering in the wind ...