This new annual publication is intended to stimulate discussion and review progress in evolutionary studies, with particular emphasis on new theoretical ideas and frameworks. In addition to papers by distinguished contributors, the series will also contain special features, such as major group reviews of books, essays on topical issues, and responses to previously published articles. Contributors to Volume 1 include John Tyler Bonner, Lynn Margulis, Dorion Sagan, James E. Lloyd, Daniel H. Janzen, Otto T. Solbrig, Dorothy J. Solbrig, Michael T. Clegg, Niles Eldredge, Stanley N. Salthe, and Michael T. Ghiselin. Biologists, zoologists, botanists, and paleontologists will find this new series thought-provoking and valuable reading.