Towards an evolutionary pluralism? The need to establish evidentiary standards and avoid reification of assumptions

Agustin Fuentes

doi:10.1017/S0140525X0235009X

Towards an evolutionary pluralism? The need to establish evidentiary standards and avoid reification of assumptions

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The adaptationist and exaptationist programs overlap in their need for a pluralistic approach to understanding evolutionary change, and Andrews et al. effectively illustrate the methodological confounds of these approaches. However, the current critique of adaptationism, especially in the arena of human behavior, rests on the tendency to rapidly reify adaptationist hypotheses prior to broad evidentiary consensus across relevant disciplines.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	518-519
Number of pages	2
Journal	Behavioral and Brain Sciences
Volume	25
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1017/S0140525X0235009X
State	Published - Aug 2002
Externally published	Yes

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Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
Physiology
Behavioral Neuroscience

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Towards an evolutionary pluralism? The need to establish evidentiary standards and avoid reification of assumptions

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