Who Wants to Live a Million Years: Analysis of a Natural Selection Simulation

1. For me to win in the game, it took me about 14 times. It was difficult to get the species all the necessary phenotype combinations. After getting a great combination, I won the game.
2.At first I would only make combinations of all furry species or all tall species, this clearly did not seem to work out. After, I made a combination of long legs, fur coat, and other necessary traits for the species to survive and it finally lived for a million years. All of the traits and phenotypes made the species able to survive and not die too soon.
3.The species would be affected by genetic drift because when a type of genetic drift occurs, the species start to die. Just like in the game when it was cold and the species did not have a fur coat they started to die.
4. Most of the tall species were more dominant than the short ones with a lot of fur. The ones that were short, fat, and furry died when they got overheated.
5. In hot conditions, the species that are less fat and have no fur will survive. During the cold, the stout and furry species survived better. When there was a predator, the species with long legs survived since they could run away. When the plants started to grow tall, the species with long legs seemed to survived because they could reach the plants.
6.I would improve this simulation to represent natural selection and biological evolution by having more specific traits and combinations to adapt to the environment. Also,  I would make the evolution of the species more clear and specific. Lastly, I'd get the species better traits to adapt to the global warming environment.