The Evolution of Phylogenetic Systematics aims to make sense of the rise of phylogenetic
systematics—its methods, its objects of study, and its theoretical foundations—with …

The decline in morphological phylogenies has become a pronounced trend in contemporary
systematics due to a disregard for theoretical, methodological, conceptual, and …

This volume reviews the historical roots and theoretical foundations of biological systematics
in an approachable text. The author outlines the structure and main tasks of systematics …

The long-awaited revision of the industry standard on phylogenetics Since the publication of
the first edition of this landmark volume more than twenty-five years ago, phylogenetic …

Phylogenetic Systematics, first published in 1966, marks a turning point in the history of
systematic biology. Willi Hennig's influential synthetic work, arguing for the primacy of the …

Robin Craw Page 1 Robin Craw MARGINS OF CLADISTICS: IDENTITY, DIFFERENCE AND
PLACE IN THE EMERGENCE OF PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEMATICS, 1864 - 1975. 1 …

The advent of molecular phylogenetics stimulated the need to reprise for many discussions
surrounding species concepts. The interpretation of cladograms as accurate representations …

Darwin (1859) established the goal of systematic biology as being the production of
biological classifications that reflect the patterns of evolutionary history (phylogeny, or “true …

The development of comparative biology (systematics) has been of interest to philosophers
and historians. Particular attention has been placed on the 'war'of the 1970s and 1980s, the …

B iological nomenclature is the basic language by which scientists communicate about the
diversity of living things. This language consists of the names given to countless extinct and …