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Evolution Java Applet
http://probability.ca/jeff/java/evolution.html
“Four amoebas are created (red, green, blue, and black), each containing a “stinger” to kill others. When an amoeba manages to kill another, then the victim dies, and the killer gives birth to a fresh amoeba. (The fresh amoeba is a randomly-mutated version of the killer.)
Each amoeba has four parameters: size, speed of rotation, frequency of deployment of stinger, and span of stinger. (Also displayed is the number of other amoebas it has killed without being killed itself.) Over time, the amoebas should evolve into beings well suited to their environment. But what parameters give rise to the most powerful amoebas?
Blobs
http://obermuhlner.com/public/Projects/Applets/Blobs/index.html
“Blobs are the inhabitants of a little simulated world (sometimes called arena). They look like little colored dots. There are two types of Blobs , predators and prey. Both kind of Blobs start reproducing as soon as they are old enough and have accumulated enough energy to do so (by eating). ”
Darwin Pond
http://www.ventrella.com/Darwin/darwin.html
“Darwin Pond is inhabited by hundreds of wiggly things called “swimmers”. In a way, you could say these swimmers perform tiny histories of the evolution of swimming in the earth’s waters by genetically “discovering” ways to get around. They do this by evolving their anatomies and motions over many generations. This is why this imaginary body of water is named “Darwin Pond”, named in honor of Charles Darwin, whose scientific work and eloquence in explaining the origin of species created a revolution. ”
Evotutor
Interactive simulations of evolution processes. (advanced treatment)