Khosya, V. (2026). GEN-EXP-0002: Evolution Under Extreme Slow-Healing. Project Genesis, Experiment GEN-EXP-0002, Version 9.2.0. Genesis Research Platform. Retrieved from https://genesis.vinaykhosya.com/archive/civilizations/GEN-EXP-0002
Biome Distribution
Procedurally generated biome allocation mapping temperature and moisture ranges.
Beta
Alpha
Delta
Gamma
Atlas Purpose
Defines environmental selection pressures and resource distribution profiles.
"How do extreme injury recovery costs (200x slow-healing) shape long-term cognitive, genetic, and social evolution under scarcity?"
KEY FINDINGS
🧠 Cognitive Paradox: Colony Delta displayed the highest initial prediction accuracy (95.0%), yet underwent earliest extinction (Year 45) due to severe topographical exposure at (552, 304).
🧬 Single-Lineage Monopoly: A single founder lineage (#5) achieved 100% population dominance by Year 600, despite active mutation remaining enabled throughout the 905-year run.
💧 Hydration Paradox: Beta Colony accumulated a 55.5-million-unit water stockpile, yet 83.2% of dehydration deaths occurred while agents were actively carrying water in inventory.
🔄 Altruism Reversal: Resource-sharing allele frequency peaked at 0.675 (+19%) at Year 100, but later underwent a -57% reversal as population hit carrying capacity.
⛺ Infrastructure Ceiling: 98.9% of agents remained at Level 1 (Tent) shelter for 905 years without advancing to stone structures, suppressed by injury recovery energy costs.
Research Abstract
In this 326,075-tick (~905 simulated years) continuous simulation experiment, we investigated the long-term evolutionary, cognitive, and social dynamics of synthetic agent populations subjected to a severe physiological stressor: a 200× reduction in bodily injury healing rate (healing_speed_multiplier = 200.0) under high resource scarcity (scarcity = 3.0). Across 38 generations and 3,042 cumulative births, the population exhibited an evolutionary trajectory characterized by extreme behavioral conservatism, culminating in a 100% single-lineage monopoly by Year 600.
Experiment Highlights
Extinction Status
SURVIVED (201/3042)
Ticks Simulated
326,075
Genetic Diversity
0.2927
Max Generation
Gen 38
Open Research Questions
Scientific hypothesis agenda driving longitudinal experiments. Questions evolve from open inquiry to empirical validation.
Category:
Status:
RQ-EXP2-001Evolution & Selection●Investigating(Directive for GEN-EXP-0003 (Slow-Healing Under Neutral Scarcity 1.0))
Priority: Critical
Isolation of Healing Speed vs. Resource Scarcity
RQ-EXP2-002Genetics & Diversity●Open(Directive for GEN-EXP-0004 (Immigration Control))
Priority: High
Evolutionary Recovery from Genetic Monopoly
RQ-EXP2-003Emergent Infrastructure●Open(Directive for GEN-EXP-0005 (Accelerated Construction))
Priority: High
Infrastructure Advancement & Labor Surplus
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