How Religion Evolved: And Why It Endures

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

Book Overview

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, USA
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.5"