Hedgehogs, hedgehog, 17 species of hedgehog in five genera. A hedgehog is any of the spiny mammals of the subfamily Erinaceinae, which is in order Erinaceomorpha. There are found in Europe, Asia, Africa and New Zealand (by introduction). There are no hedgehogs native to Australia, nor the Americas.
Simulated Evolution is the umbrella name for a set of projects focused on using agent-based modeling to explore and learn about evolutionary processes.
In fact, I have a master's degree in it. You should check out Evolutionary algorithms, and the fields of Artificial life and Computational Evolutionary biology. The very best example of artificial evolution is still the ancient but classic Evolved Virtual Creatures by Karl Sims: Views Â· View Upvotes.