Events: detail
Beyond Cladistics: A Festschrift for Prof C J Humphries
- Hosted by:
- Linnean Society of London
- Speaker:
- None listed
- Starts:
- October 01, 2008 at 10:00 am
- Ends:
- October 03, 2008 at 12:00 pm
- Location:
- Linnean Society of London, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BF United Kingdom
- Maps:
Description
As an approach to the discovery of phylogenetic relationships among organisms, cladistics took the systematics community by storm. According to David Hull, in his 1988 account of its history, cladistics was winning out everywhere; according to Colin Patterson, cladistics “began in the late 1960s, accelerated in the 1970s, and was virtually complete by the eighties”; in contrast, Gareth Nelson suggested that cladistics is suffering from “Arrested Development”. This symposium, entitled Beyond Cladistics, in honour of botanist Chris Humphries, will address some general issues relating to cladistics: its past, its present and its future – if, indeed, there is anything beyond cladistics, itself.
- Registration required:
- Yes
- Free:
- No
Additional information
Registration fee includes program, coffee/tea breaks, and reception on 2nd October
For more information
- Contact person:
- Kate Longhurst
- Phone:
- +44 (0)20 7434 4479 Ext 13
- Email:
- kate [ at ] linnean.org
- Website:
- Beyond Cladistics: A Festschrift for Prof C J Humphries
