Society for the Study of Evolution

Schmitt to Theodor Just, May 11 1949, Schmitt Papers, box 52, folder Society for the Study of Evolution. Schmitt told Just, The last few numbers have been particularly good and, from my humble systematic point of view, most pertinent. ... 

Of course there has been some recent reversal of that attitude. The ecologists have continued to associate with taxonomists as good and useful pals and the geneticists (perhaps rather shamefacedly) have found that, outside of the purely cytological and hereditary fields, they are themselves microtaxonomists, dealing with mutations and populations and their relation to speciation. That is the significance of [the] formation of the Society for the Study of Evolution, and for the rise of the new systematics. ... 

Cain, J., Ernst Mayr as community architect launching the society for the study of evolution and the journal Evolution, Biol. Philos., 9, 387-427, 1994. 

Smocovitis, V.B., Organizing evolution founding the society for the study of evolution (1939-1950),/. Hist. Biol., 27, 241-309, 1994. 

SSE, see Society for the Study of Evolution SSZ, see Society of Systematic Zoology Stafleu, Frans, 5, 8 Straightforward likelihood theory, Stratocladistics, 173, 174 Subtree analysis, 247 Symplesiomorphy, 130, 206 Synapomorphy, 81, 134, 207, 208 Syngeny, 202... 

The evolution of humans and society can be broadly divided into three periods (1) before one million years before present, when early hominids developed into anatomically modern humans (2) from one million to about 10,000 years before present, when modem humans developed and dispersed through the world and (3) between 10,000 years before present and the present time, the period when humans settled, social communities emerged, and organized societies developed. Following this classification, the relevance of the dating methods for the study of these periods is listed below. 

The amazing evolution of solid state physics and chemistry over the last 30 years induced an intensive study of various solid state processes, particularly in the context of materials science. Materials have always been an important feature of civilization and are the basis of our modern technical society. Their preparation is often due solely to reactions between solids. Solid state reactions are also often responsible for the materials adaptation to a specific technical purpose, or for the degradation of a material. 

King, C. D. Evolution of Chumash Society A Comparative Study of Artifacts Used for Social System Maintenance in the Santa Barbara Channel Region Before A.D. 1804 Garland Publishing New York, NY, 1990. 

The stage has been set, as can be understood by studying the present volume Chemical Evolution. Chemical Change Across Space and Time. We eagerly await the arrival of the players for the production of the next volume Chemical Evolution From Origins of Life to Modem Society. What might we find in this second volume ... 

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