Since somebody asked: About the Darwin-L Discussion Group [EMAIL PROTECTED] is an international network discussion group on the history and theory of the historical sciences. This introductory information is sent automatically to all new subscribers and may be viewed at any other time by visiting the Darwin-L Web Server (http://rjohara.uncg.edu) or by sending the message INFO DARWIN-L to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Specific questions about the Darwin-L group may be sent to the group's sponsor, Dr. Robert J. O'Hara ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).<P> Scope and Purpose of Darwin-L Darwin-L was established in September 1993 to promote the reintegration of a range of academic fields all of which are concerned with reconstructing the past from evidence in the present, and to encourage communication among professional researchers in these fields. Darwin-L is not devoted to evolutionary biology, but instead examines the entire range of historical sciences from an explicitly interdisciplinary perspective. These fields include: Evolutionary Biology Archeology Historical Linguistics Paleontology Textual Transmission and Stemmatics Historical Anthropology Historical Geology Cosmology Systematics and Phylogeny Historical Geography To join the Darwin-L discussion group send the following e-mail message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: SUBSCRIBE DARWIN-L Your Name For example: SUBSCRIBE DARWIN-L Robert J. O'Hara To cancel your subscription send the following message to the same address: UNSUBSCRIBE DARWIN-L To receive your mail in digest form send the one-line message: To address the group as a whole simply send your message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]