fixed species tracking bug

src/Stats/FossilRecord.js

@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ const FossilRecord = {
     },
 
     addSpecies: function(org, ancestor) {
-        // console.log("Adding Species")
         var new_species = new Species(org.anatomy, ancestor, this.env.total_ticks);
         this.extant_species.push(new_species);
         org.species = new_species;
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ const FossilRecord = {
     },
 
     addSpeciesObj: function(species) {
-        // console.log("Adding Species")
         this.extant_species.push(species);
         return species;
     },
@@ -38,6 +36,9 @@ const FossilRecord = {
             var s = this.extant_species[i];
             if (s == species) {
                 this.extant_species.splice(i, 1);
+                species.ancestor = undefined; // garbage collect dead species
+                // if (species.ancestor)
+                //     species.ancestor.ancestor = undefined;
                 if (species.cumulative_pop < this.min_pop) {
                     return false;
                 }

src/Stats/Species.js

@@ -1,9 +1,15 @@
 const CellStates = require("../Organism/Cell/CellStates");
+let FossilRecord = undefined; // workaround to a circular dependency problem
+const getFossilRecord = () => {
+    if (!FossilRecord)
+        FossilRecord = require("./FossilRecord");
+    return FossilRecord;
+}
 
 class Species {
     constructor(anatomy, ancestor, start_tick) {
         this.anatomy = anatomy;
-        // this.ancestor = ancestor; // garbage collect ancestors to avoid memory problems
+        this.ancestor = ancestor; // eventually need to garbage collect ancestors to avoid memory problems
         this.population = 1;
         this.cumulative_pop = 1;
         this.start_tick = start_tick;
@@ -33,8 +39,7 @@ class Species {
         this.population--;
         if (this.population <= 0) {
             this.extinct = true;
-            const FossilRecord = require("./FossilRecord");
-            FossilRecord.fossilize(this);
+            getFossilRecord().fossilize(this);
         }
     }