But mammals have many ways of weeding out harmful variations, from antler fights to spermatozoa competition. And that’s just if they have the four children. The provided 1 bit/generation figure isn’t an upper bound, either.
Life spends a lot of time in non-equilibrium states as well, and those are the states in which evolution can operate most quickly.
But mammals have many ways of weeding out harmful variations, from antler fights to spermatozoa competition. And that’s just if they have the four children. The provided 1 bit/generation figure isn’t an upper bound, either.
Life spends a lot of time in non-equilibrium states as well, and those are the states in which evolution can operate most quickly.