article_snippet: In Charles Darwin's’s theory of evolution, life is able to evolve through a process of ‘natural selection’, where certain traits become more or less common in animals based on certain traits benefit.
article_snippet: The research, led by computational biologist
article_snippet: This, according to Professor Cronin, mimicked the process of natural selection, which Charles Darwin proposed for driving evolution.
article_snippet: We believe this is the onset of consciousness.
highlights_snippet: Research was carried out by a team from Michigan State University .
  
highlights_snippet: It simulates Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection .