Robin dunbar is a living legend anthropology and evolutionary psychology. He's famous for pioneering a concept known as dunbar's number, which says that humans have a hard wired limit on the number of relationships we can maintain. You'll see in this interview how that concept plays a fascinating role in his explanation of religion. And he has a new book called how religion evolved and why it endures.
Instead of debunking religious beliefs, what if we investigated where religion comes from, and why it’s virtually universal across human cultures? Anthropologist and “How Religion Evolved And Why It Endures” author Robin Dunbar joins Adam to discuss the origins of religion. He describes how touch, laughter, and song bonded people together, and the social role of religious rituals such as sin-eating. You can purchase Robin’s book here: http://factuallypod.com/books
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