# Evolution
## MicroSim spec
- **Recommended sim type:** [[Agent-based_model|agent-based model]]
- **Microsimmability score:** 72/100
- **Layout:** drawing region (canvas) on top; control region (sliders/buttons) below.
### Parameters (tunable controls)
- `Mutation rate`
- `Selection strength`
- `Population size`
### What animates
Trait frequencies in a population shift over generations under mutation and selection.
### Learning objective
Show how mutation and selection change a population's traits over time.
## Links (Wikipedia order)
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`1860_Oxford_evolution_debate` · `A._Dale_Kaiser` · `Abiogenesis` · `Abiotic_component` · `Acceptance_of_evolution_by_religious_groups` · `Acidobacteriota` · `Actinomycetota` · `Adam_C._Siepel` · [[Adaptation]] · `Adaptive_radiation` · `Adrian_Desmond` · `Age_of_Earth` · `Ajit_Varki` · `Alan_Templeton` · `Albinism` · `Alessandro_Minelli_(biologist)` · `Alex_Fraser_(scientist)` · `Alfred_Russel_Wallace` · `Algae` · `Allopatric_speciation` · `Almost_Like_a_Whale` · `Alternatives_to_Darwinian_evolution` · `Altruism_(biology)` · `American_Journal_of_Human_Genetics` · `American_Journal_of_Medical_Genetics` · `Amino_acid` · `Amniote` · `Amphibian` · `An_Essay_on_the_Principle_of_Population` · `Anagenesis` · `Anaximander` · `Animal` · `Anisogamy` · `Annals_of_the_New_York_Academy_of_Sciences` · `Annual_Review_of_Biochemistry` · `Annual_Review_of_Biophysics` · `Annual_Review_of_Genetics` · `Annual_Reviews_(publisher)` · `Ant` · `Antagonistic_pleiotropy_hypothesis` · `Anthony_David_Barnosky` · 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> Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations.[1][2] It occurs when evolutionary processes such as natural selection and genetic drift act on genetic variation, resulting in certain characteristics becoming more or less common within a population over successive generations.[3] The process of e ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution))
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> p5.js MicroSim stub · part of Systems Science · [Wikipedia source](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution)
> Relation: subfield of systems science.
## Concept summary
Evolution is the change in the heritable characteristics of biological populations over successive generations. It occurs when evolutionary processes such as genetic drift and natural selection act on genetic variation, resulting in certain characteristics becoming more or less common within a population over successive generations. The process of evolution has given rise to biodiversity at every level of biological organisation.
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## p5.js sketch
```javascript
// MicroSim: Evolution
let controls = {};
function setup() {
// createCanvas(...); create sliders for the parameters above.
}
function draw() {
// background(...); read controls; render agent-based model; respond live.
}
```
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## Semiotic profile
> *The semiotic universals this article invokes, machine-derived from the crossref — **unverified** (born so). Populated 2026-07-06 for the Systems room.*
**Universals (4):** 🟡 evolution (8) · 🟡 science (5) · 🟡 system (5) · 🟢 frequency (1)
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## Wikipedia : Wikitube
**Strict pair:** [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution) : [Wikitube](https://en.wikitube.io/wiki/Evolution)
## Previous hub tags
Tree parents: [[Complex_system]] · [[Cybernetics]] · [[Emergence]] · [[Feedback]] · [[Game_theory]] · [[Oxygen]] · [[Self-organization]] · [[Systems_science]] · [[Systems_theory]].
Legacy hubs: none.
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*Sources: 1 legacy note. Minted wave 1, 2026-07-30 (v1.6 order).*