Lumifer comments on Open Thread, October 20 - 26, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion
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The chances of successful transmission of genes across generations given a stable environment. The number of offspring surviving to reproductive age is a good first-order approximation.
If you want something more tangible, predictions what features evolution would lose are rather easy -- those that are (energy-)expensive and are useless in the new environment.