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Can evolutionary psychological hypotheses be empirically tested or falsified?

April 26, 2017empirically evolutionary falsified hypotheses psychological tested

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Can evolutionary psychological hypotheses be empirically tested or falsified?

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Yes! Many falsifiable hypotheses have been empirically tested. Some have been verified multiple times by multiple methods (e.g., adaptive memory and error management theory). Others have been verified in certain instances, and require further research. Others have been tested and falsified (e.g., kin altruism theoryof male homosexuality).