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Why Are Most Humans Religious? Professor Robin Dunbar

ROCKING OUR PRIORS

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Evolutionary Psychology

Evolutionary psychology is the most important way to understand religiosity today. What religion really is all about is creating bonded communities, he says. This kicked in once our typical community or group size exceeded the size of which they could be bonded by 'social grooming' Giving up a sense of emotional commitment is what really does it, and that group size seems to be around 50 individuals.

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