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What if Human Evolution is the Ultimate Clinical Trial?©

Posted on August 2, 2013 by David Blumenkrantz

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In contemporary behavioral science, the randomized clinical trial has emerged as the gold standard for evaluating the efficacy of medical and social interventions. Indeed, today, for an intervention to not be "evidence-based" is to be largely shunned from most funding streams. But are there other ways we can judge the viability of potential interventions?

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