Armaments and ornaments: mate-guarding and the evolutionary roots of religion
This article explores the connection between sexual selection and religion, locating the origins of religious behavior in mate guarding after the transition to terrestrial life in Homo erectus 1.8 million years ago. An important consequence of the transition was the emergence of a polygynous, multip...
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Routledge
[2020]
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Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2020, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 132-150 |
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Pleistocene
/ Homo erectus
/ Sexual partner
/ Election
/ Religion
/ Evolution
/ Rapid eye movement sleep
/ Dream
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy ZB Sociology |
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Homo erectus
B mate guarding B sexual selection B terrestrial life B ground sleep B origins of religion B Dreams |
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