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](http://18.171.96.226/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/populationSceneCodingGenome-1024x716.png)
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: