Evolving brains, emerging gods: early humans and the origins of religion

New York: Columbia University Press (2017)
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E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods locates the origin of gods within the human brain, arguing that religious belief is a by-product of evolution.

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