Dam, A. C. “The Biological Validity of Evolving Artificial Life.” (2005).
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This paper describes a research on the biological validity of virtual ecosystems. Artificial Life systems are designed in the pursuit of creating an instance of life in a computational environment. The reproduction mechanisms of these systems are compared with nature’s reproduction mechanisms as described by Ernst Mayr. This research determines if the ecosystems give a correct representation of natural evolution, and for what goal evolutionary scientists can use these systems for biological science.