TY  - GEN
ID  - cogprints2499
UR  - http://cogprints.org/2499/
A1  - Turney, Peter
Y1  - 1999///
N2  - Evolvability is the capacity to evolve. This paper introduces a simple computational model of evolvability and demonstrates that, under certain conditions, evolvability can increase indefinitely, 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. 
KW  - evolutionary trends
KW  -  evolutionary progress
KW  -  large-scale trends
KW  -  evolvability
KW  -  Baldwin effect
TI  - Increasing Evolvability Considered as a Large-Scale Trend in Evolution
SP  - 43
AV  - public
EP  - 46
ER  -

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