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Old 05-19-2010, 10:25 AM   #19 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Brutha View Post
How so? What kind of data are you thinking about?
Data like was mentioned in the article I posted; in that particular case, animal behavior. Building on that would be the neurological structures that led to that behavior. Then would be corresponding behaviors and structures in other animals. This would form a neurological/psychological "fossil record" so to speak, where we can see how things evolved. Otherwise, there's the potential for evo psych to provide "just so" stories without the framework that evolutionary biology had.
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