Is evolutionary psychology a pseudoscience?(THINKING ABOUT SCIENCE)

From: Skeptical Inquirer | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: Pigliucci, Massimo | Copyright information

Evolutionary psychology is the most current incarnation of what started out as sociobiology, a branch of evolutionary theory aimed at explaining the behavior of animals (and in particular, humans) as the result of evolutionary processes, especially natural selection. The turning point for this research program was the publication in 1975 of Sociobiology: The New Synthesis, by Edward O. Wilson, a first-rate student of social insects. Wilson's book would have raised little controvers...

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