Testing major evolutionary hypotheses about religion with a random sample

Human Nature

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 382-409

  Wilson, David Sloan ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Evolution; Evolutionary religious studies; Group Selection; Religion

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645292870     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-005-1016-1     Document Type: Article

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