3D Reconstruction / Palaeobotany / Research / Teaching

REvoSim v2.0.0 released

REvoSim is an evolutionary model that aims to bridge the epistemological gap between micro- and macroevolution by providing an organism-level simulation of sufficient computational efficiency that population sizes of 105-106 individuals can be studied over geological timescales. The model also incorporates concepts of spatial relationships, spatial and temporal environmental variation, and recombinant reproduction. Isolation of gene-pools (i.e. speciation) is not enforced, but emerges naturally from simulations under appropriate conditions. We intend REvoSim as a multipurpose platform for the study of many evolutionary phenomena; while it was designed with macroevolutionary studies in mind, it is also applicable to microevolutionary problems.

REvoSim - Population Scene & Coding Genome
REvoSim – Population Scene & Coding Genome

Packed along with REvoSim is EnviroGen. An environment generator for the REvoSim software, which allows highly customised image stacks to be created using a number of different algorithms.

The software to fully described here:

Garwood, R.J., Spencer A.R.T. and Sutton, M.D., 2019. REvoSim: Organism-level simulation of macro- and microevolution. Palaeontology.

Online documentation here:

Download:

REvoSim and EnviroGen can be downloaded from GitHub: https://github.com/palaeoware/revosim/releases

and is archived on zenodo.org:

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