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The Origin of Evolution in Physical Systems

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Complex Sciences (Complex 2009)

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A tentative outline for a model for the evolution of physical systems is presented. The universal classes of dynamical behaviors found in Cellular Automata experiments provide the basis for introducing the variation-stabiliza-tion principle as a synthetic interpretation of these phenomena. It is suggested that biological evolution takes its root in the evolution of physical systems as a particular case of the variation-stabilization principle that occurs at the transi-tion phase between ordered and chaotic regimes.

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  1. International Institute of Multimedia, Pôle Universitaire Léonard de Vinci, 92916, Paris La Défense, France

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Heudin, JC. (2009). The Origin of Evolution in Physical Systems. In: Zhou, J. (eds) Complex Sciences. Complex 2009. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 4. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02466-5_53

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