The cultural morphospace of ritual form. Examining modes of religiosity cross-culturally

Evolution and Human Behavior

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-62

  Atkinson, Quentin D ^a,b   Whitehouse, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Costly signalling; Cultural evolution; Human Relations Area Files; Modes of religiosity; Religion; Ritual

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649925789     PISSN: 10905138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.evolhumbehav.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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