How Evolution Learns From Past Environments To Adapt To New Envi...

Courtesy ScienceDaily  Sun, 11/09/2008 - 23:00

The evolution of novel characteristics within organisms can be enhanced when environments change in a systematic manner, according to a new study.

Researchers suggest that in environments that vary over time in a non-random way, evolution can learn the rules of the environment and develop organisms that can readily generate novel useful traits with only a few mutations.

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