  Continuing generation of novelty, complexity, and adaptation are
well-established as core aspects of open-ended evolution. However, it has yet
to be firmly established to what extent these phenomena are coupled and by what
means they interact. In this work, we track the co-evolution of novelty,
complexity, and adaptation in a case study from the DISHTINY simulation system,
which is designed to study the evolution of digital multicellularity. In this
case study, we describe ten qualitatively distinct multicellular morphologies,
several of which exhibit asymmetrical growth and distinct life stages. We
contextualize the evolutionary history of these morphologies with measurements
of complexity and adaptation. Our case study suggests a loose -- sometimes
divergent -- relationship can exist among novelty, complexity, and adaptation.
