Bringing schizophrenia into the Darwinian fold
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A search through the psychology literature reveals a number of current popular evolutionary theories on the origin of schizophrenia. These Darwinian theories assume the fact of evolution, and then from this starting point go on to make unsubstantiated and implausible speculations, often untestable or practically so. Where testable, the scenarios are easily refuted, as they do not correlate with research findings about schizophrenia.
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