evolutionprosocialityreligionritualWe develop a cultural evolutionary theory of the origins of prosocial religions and apply it to resolve two puzzles in human psychology and cultural history: (1) the rise of large-scale cooperation among strangers and, simultaneously, (2) the spread of...
We develop a cultural evolutionary theory of the origins of prosocial religions and apply it to resolve two puzzles in human psychology and cultural history: (1) the rise of large-scale cooperation among strangers and, simultaneously, (2) the spread of prosocial religions in the last 10-12 mil...
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Humans are a religious species. Why religions endure over evolutionary timescales remains a topic of enduring speculation1. One explanation links religious cognition to prosocial behavior2,3, since belief in divine punishments drives altruistic behaviors by fostering anti-social restraint [for a review s...
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Figure3shows the annual evolution of CF research. CF publications have steadily increased since 2008, with a notable acceleration since 2014, demonstrating a faster growth rate when compared to the more gradual increase observed in the CVC literature over a similar period (Pandey et al.2023). Th...
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