?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Increasing+Evolvability+Considered+as+a+Large-Scale+Trend+in+Evolution&rft.creator=Turney%2C+Peter&rft.subject=Evolution&rft.subject=Theoretical+Biology&rft.description=Evolvability+is+the+capacity+to+evolve.+This+paper+introduces+a+simple+computational+model+of+evolvability+and+demonstrates+that%2C+under+certain+conditions%2C+evolvability+can+increase+indefinitely%2C+even+when+there+is+no+direct+selection+for+evolvability.+The+model+shows+that+increasing+evolvability+implies+an+accelerating+evolutionary+pace.+It+is+suggested+that+the+conditions+for+indefinitely+increasing+evolvability+are+satisfied+in+biological+and+cultural+evolution.+We+claim+that+increasing+evolvability+is+a+large-scale+trend+in+evolution.+This+hypothesis+leads+to+testable+predictions+about+biological+and+cultural+evolution.+&rft.contributor=Wu%2C+Annie&rft.date=1999&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2499%2F1%2Fevolvability.pdf&rft.identifier=++Turney%2C+Peter++(1999)+Increasing+Evolvability+Considered+as+a+Large-Scale+Trend+in+Evolution.++%5BConference+Paper%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F2499%2F