Adaptation is an important issue in development of creativity, focusing on the fit of person to environment, less studied in creativity research. This presentation focuses on definitions of adaptation and their relationship to culture and creativity. Explaining creativity in childhood and eminence, a continuum of adaptive creative behaviors is proposed that explores the shift in adaptation from individual fit to environment to environmental and cultural adaptation to the individual. Paradoxes in creativity related to adaptation, culture, and ethics are discussed in an interactive PowerPoint presentation.