Bootstrapping Evolution with Extra-Somatic Information

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		Volume 02	Received: Accepted:	---- ----

Bootstrapping Evolution with Extra-Somatic Information Paul-Michael Agapow
Abstract
	Cultural or extra-somatic information is information that is deliberately stored in external artifacts. Although it is possibly the only trait unique to humans, it has received relatively little attention from the perspective of biology and evolution. The author examines the role of cultural information, places it in context with biological information and shows how it may interact with biological evolution. Evolution in the extra-somatic domain is examined. Experimental approaches to study this problem are considered and the construction of a computational ecosystem described. Some preliminary results are discussed.

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