[FRIAM] Our most recent common ancester

[Jochen Fromm]

Quite impressive. I wonder if a simulation with 55 million
agents is qualitative different from a simulation with
only 5000 agents ? If I remember it correctly, then during
allopatric speciation and other forms of speciation 
the population for the new species is often very small
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allopatric_speciation),
somewhere at the margin. Wouldn't it be more interesting to
consider the evolution of 5000 agents over 55 million years
than the evolution of 55 million agents over 5000 years ?
At least for genetic evolution, not for "memetic" evolution.

-J.

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Anyway, the point I want to raise is this looks like an agent-based
model with up to 55 million agents! That's an order of magnitude
bigger than anything I've attempted, so I'm impressed!