How Religion Evolved: And Why It Endures

(Book #42 in the Pelican Books Series)

by Robin I.M. Dunbar and Robin I. M. Dunbar

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One of the world's foremost scholars of evolution tackles one of its essential mysteries: why we believe.

Our species diverged from the great apes six to eight million years ago. Since then, our propensity toward spiritual thinking and ritual emerged. How, when, and why did this occur, and how did the earliest, informal shamanic practices evolve into the world religions familiar to us today? What is the evolutionary purpose...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0197631827

ISBN13:9780197631829

Release Date:April 2022

Publisher:Oxford University Press

Length:352 Pages

Weight:1.60 lbs.

Dimensions:1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"

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Religion Religion & Spirituality Social Science Social Sciences

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