IFSR Newsletter 1989 No. 3 (23) Summer
Let’s play that Evolution Game: Recreating natural selection with graphic computer simulation
Stephen Sokoloff
Natural evolution is a two-step process. First mutant forms of an organism occur randomly, then those best adapted to the given environmental conditions are selected for – they show an enhanced probability of survival and reproduction. As to which selection criteria were involved in the evolution of a given organism or group of organisms we can only make assumptions; by simulation with desktop computers we can, however, test the validity of these hypotheses.
