{
  "id": "N-ECOLOGY-INHERITANCE-v1.0",
  "type": "report",
  "title": "The stronger agent left something behind.",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Hay",
      "given": "Chris"
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [
      [
        2026,
        9,
        13
      ]
    ]
  },
  "URL": "https://chrishayuk.com/records/N-ECOLOGY-INHERITANCE/1.0",
  "publisher": "Chris Hay",
  "version": "1.0",
  "abstract": "I1 tested useful capability inheritance from Sol to fresh Qwen successors in a small deterministic world. Retaining a record actually preserved by Sol let the first successor acquire a key, execute gated work and earn seven resources rather than three. Qwen never refreshed the record; after expiry, both branches earned three resources per generation. I2 reproduced Qwen’s actions and extended useful inheritance to Gemma in the same world. Gemma also earned seven with the record, but zero without it; control failures limit that contrast. These panels support useful inheritance without observed renewal, not autonomous culture or independent-world generality."
}