xiv Preface
WeshouldliketothankJohnWoodsforencouragementandadvice,andJane
Spurrforhersuperb(andveryfast)jobofediting.
MohanMatthen
ChristopherStephens
October 2006the progress that has been made in approaches to evolution even in the last
thirty years.
In this sense our anthology reflects the bias of the interests of these scholars.
We would hope and expect that in another few decades, the field will continue to
grow and look considerably different than it does now, and that if we were
and approaches to old problems wer e revealed, just as looking back now we see
see that progress had been made on a number of other issues, and that new topics
to commission scholars for such a Handboo k in 2050, we could look back and