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January 1887 - August 2017
The first issue of Philosophical Transactions was published on 6 March 1665, under the visionary editorship of Henry Oldenburg. In 1886, the breadth and scope of scientific discovery had increased to such an extent that it became necessary to divide the journal into two: Philosophical Transactions A, covering the physical sciences; and Philosophical Transactions B, covering the life sciences.
This page contains content published in Philosophical Transactions B since January 1887. Click here for earlier content from Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society (1665-1887).
2015
December
- December: Vol 370, Issue 1684 Discussion meeting issue ‘Origin and evolution of the nervous system’ organized and edited by Frank Hirth and Nicholas J. Strausfeld
- December: Vol 370, Issue 1683 Theme issue ‘Solving the puzzle of collective action through inter-individual differences: evidence from primates and humans’ compiled and edited by Luke Glowacki, Sergey Gavrilets and Chris von Rueden
November
- November: Vol 370, Issue 1682 Theme issue ‘Percussive technology in human evolution: a comparative approach in fossil and living primates’ compiled and edited by Ignacio de la Torre and Satoshi Hirata
- November: Vol 370, Issue 1681 Theme issue ‘Measuring the difference made by protected areas: methods, applications and implications for policy and practice’ compiled and edited by Robert L. Pressey and Paul J. Ferraro
October
- October: Vol 370, Issue 1680 Discussion meeting issue ‘Cells: from Robert Hooke to cell therapy—a 350 year journey’ organized and edited by Johan Hyllner, Chris Mason and Ian Wilmut
- October: Vol 370, Issue 1679 Theme issue ‘The bacterial cell envelope’ compiled and edited by Colin Kleanthous and Judith P. Armitage
September
- September: Vol 370, Issue 1678 Theme issue ‘Eukaryotic origins: progress and challenges’ compiled and edited by T. Martin Embley and Tom A. Williams
- September: Vol 370, Issue 1677 Theme issue ‘Controlling brain activity to alter perception, behaviour and society’ compiled and edited by Kristine Krug, C Daniel Salzman and Scott Waddell
- September: Vol 370, Issue 1676 Theme issue ‘The dynamics of antibody repertoires’ compiled and edited by Sarah Cobey, Frederick A Matsen IV and Patrick Wilson
August
- August: Vol 370, Issue 1675 Theme issue ‘Within-host dynamics of infection: from ecological insights to evolutionary predictions’ compiled and edited by Olivier Restif and Andrea L. Graham
- August: Vol 370, Issue 1674 Discussion meeting issue ‘The paradigm shift for forensic science’ organized and edited by Niamh Nic Daeid and Sue Black
July
- July: Vol 370, Issue 1673 Theme issue ‘Cancer across life: Peto's paradox and the promise of comparative oncology’ compiled and edited by Joshua Schiffman, Carlo C. Maley, Leonard Nunney, Michael Hochberg and Matthew Breen
- July: Vol 370, Issue 1672 Discussion meeting issue ‘Release of chemical transmitters from cell bodies and dendrites of nerve cells’ organized and edited by Francisco F. De-Miguel and John G. Nicholls
June
- June: Vol 370, Issue 1671 Discussion meeting issue ‘Biological challenges to effective vaccines in the developing world’ organized and edited by Nicholas Grassly, Gagandeep Kang and Beate Kampmann
- June: Vol 370, Issue 1670 Theme issue ‘Antimicrobial resistance: addressing the threat to global health’ compiled and edited by Roy M. Anderson
May
- May: Vol 370, Issue 1669 Theme issue ‘The sociality–health–fitness nexus in animal societies’ compiled and edited by Peter M. Kappeler and Charles L. Nunn
- May: Vol 370, Issue 1668 Theme issue ‘Cerebral cartography: a vision of its future’ compiled and edited by Semir Zeki
- May: Vol 370, Issue 1667 Theme issue ‘The biological impacts of artificial light at night: from molecules to communities’ compiled and edited by Kevin J. Gaston, Marcel E. Visser and Franz Hölker
April
- April: Vol 370, Issue 1666 Theme issue ‘Celebrating 350 years of Philosophical Transactions: life sciences papers’ compiled and edited by Linda Partridge
- April: Vol 370, Issue 1665 Theme issue ‘Climate change and vector-borne diseases of humans’ compiled and edited by Paul E. Parham, Joanna Waldock, George K. Christophides and Edwin Michael
March
- March: Vol 370, Issue 1664 Theme issue ‘Biology, cognition and origins of musicality’ compiled and edited by Henkjan Honing, Carel ten Cate, Isabelle Peretz and Sandra E. Trehub
- March: Vol 370, Issue 1663 Discussion meeting issue ‘Human evolution: brain, birthweight and the immune system’ organized and edited by Graham J. Burton, Ashley Moffett and Barry Keverne
February
- February: Vol 370, Issue 1662 Discussion meeting issue ‘Phylogeny, extinction and conservation’ organized and edited by Félix Forest, Keith A Crandall, Mark W Chase and Daniel P Faith
- February: Vol 370, Issue 1661 Discussion meeting issue ‘Cell adhesion century: culture breakthrough’ organized and edited by Kevin Kendall and Stephen Busby
January
- January: Vol 370, Issue 1660 Discussion meeting issue ‘Ancient DNA: the first three decades’ organized and edited by Erika Hagelberg, Michael Hofreiter and Christine Keyser
- January: Vol 370, Issue 1659 Theme issue ‘Marine regime shifts around the globe: theory, drivers and impacts’ compiled and edited by Alessandra Conversi, Christian Möllmann, Carl Folke and Martin Edwards
5 August 2017
Volume 372, issue 1726
Volume 372, issue 1726
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
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