Reference library
The evolutionary origin of complex features.
Paper summary
Tracks complete genealogies of evolving digital organisms as complex logic functions arise. Useful simpler functions provide stepping stones, and mutations can change their effects as the genomic context develops.
Relevance to the project
A reference for evidence of emergent capability beyond visual surprise. Lineage reconstruction and ablations can identify inherited changes enabling new behavior.
Logic-task rewards and the instruction substrate remain predefined.
Source record
- Reference ID
- doi-10-1038-nature01568
- Archived version
- Author-hosted published Nature PDF
- Summary provenance
- reference-library/papers/doi-10-1038-nature01568/metadata.json · summary
- Review status
- initial orientation summary; not a critical full-paper review
- Reading scope
- Selected abstract/opening and available closing discussion/conclusion passages in the preserved text extract; broader project notes provide context. No reproduction of experiments, exhaustive methods review, or equation/figure audit.