Evolution is a core mechanic of the Spore franchise that alters the species into a different form. In Spore, evolution refers to when a creature is modified in the creator and finalized into a new version, or the creature advances to the following stage.
Evolution in Spore is highly simplified to bypass the complex issues usually associated with the evolution of creatures on Earth.
Spore
Cell Stage
Evolution in the Cell Stage refers to when the player's cell finishes modifying their cell in the Cell Creator and adds to the History tab.
Creature Stage
After the creature is done editing in the Creature Creator of stage, a note in the History tab will appear stating that the creature has evolved.
In the Creature Stage, the evolution is accomplished in the same fashion as in the Cell Stage; by finding a mate, entering the Creature Creator, and finishing editing the creature.
In some instances, NPC creatures can evolve by transforming into cocoons and emerging as a completely different species.
Space Stage
In the Space Stage, the player can conduct the evolution of species by placing a Monolith on the planet. A random species will be selected to evolve into the following stages.
Other stages
Stages past the Tribal Stage will render the player's species unable to evolve by modifying, but instead, adopt a new wardrobe from the outfitter.
Trivia
- In real life, evolution is much more complicated than in Spore. While in Spore, your creature evolves along a simple path toward sentience, real creatures undergo various forms of physical and mental evolution to adapt to physical changes in their environment, not necessarily increasing in brain size over time. Furthermore, all creatures on Earth are descended from a common ancestor, and even in more recent eras creatures have branched off to split into several different species. However, in Spore, all creatures seem to be completely unrelated to each other, and all follow a separate evolutionary path, evolved from entirely separate ancestors (all carnivores from one carnivore cell, all herbivores from one herbivore cell, etc.).
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