The Evolution of Religion: How Cognitive By-Products, Adaptive Learning Heuristics, Ritual Displays, and Group Competition Generate Deep Commitments to Prosocial Religions

Biological Theory

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 18-30

  Atran, Scott ^a,b,c   Henrich, Joseph ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b JOHN JAY COLLEGE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

by product hypothesis; cooperation; credibility enhancing displays; cultural transmission; group competition; high gods; minimally counterintuitive; morality; religion; rise of civilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85131805909     PISSN: 15555542     EISSN: 15555550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/BIOT_a_00018     Document Type: Article

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