Predecessor

A predecessor is a pattern that evolves into a (usually different) given pattern after one or more generations.

x = 4, y = 3, rule = B3/S23 b2o$o2bo$b3o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]] #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 ZOOM 12 GPS 5 AUTOSTART T 0 PAUSE 1 T 17 PAUSE 1 LOOP 18 ]]

Bun is a predecessor of honey farm (click above to open LifeViewer) RLE: here Plaintext: here

See also

• Garden of Eden
• Grandparent
• Index fossil
• Parent
• Rewind

External links

• Predecessor at the Life Lexicon
• Small predecessors of common objects and evolutionary sequences (discussion thread) at the ConwayLife.com forums