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From: Durant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>primate and human behaviour is not the same, so such research
>is not scientific.
Evolutionary scientists include humans unless stated otherwise.
Scientists are using the theory of evolution to predict human behavior:
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Third, and most important, the theory of evolution can be used to help
scholars and scientists develop substantive testable predictions about human
behavior. Cosmides (1989) used it to make predictions about content effects
in logical reasoning. Silverman and Eals (1992) used it to make predictions
about gender differences in spatial abilities. Singh (1993) used it to make
predictions about preferences for body images. Buss (1994) used it to make
predictions about gender differences in mate choice criteria and tactics for
acquiring mates. Orians and Heerwagen (1992) used it to make predictions
about evoked responses to landscapes. Several chapters in Part III of this
book discuss recent research in which various aspects of evolutionary theory
were used to derive testable predictions about human behavior.
[pp. 8-10]
HANDBOOK OF EVOLUTIONARY PSYCHOLOGY:
Ideas Issues and Applications, Eds. Charles Crawford & Dennis Krebs;
Lawrence Erlbaum, 1998 http://www.erlbaum.com/2621.htm
