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In the tropics food production is very good, it's hot, sweet and sloppy. But above the subtropical zone things get very cold in winter. You got no pathagons because the winter kills them off. But you can't grow anything either. It's just this narrow zone which seems to have allowed populations to explode hem sometime starting around ten thousand years ago. And that seems to be what the increasing population size cal rise to the doctrinal religions. The problem happens ran about four thousand, 200 years ago, what's known as the four thousand four point two thousand aa climate event.

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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.