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#573 - Dr Victor Kumar - How Did Human Morality Evolve?

Modern Wisdom

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The Importance of Morality in Human History

Religious institutions predate out agriculture and have been around for a really long time. They're responsible for the way in which humans possibly starting 50 to 100,000 years ago started to live in tribes that are linked together via ethnicity and dialect and religion. And so morality, institutional morality, that's expanded our circles, has been really important for the evolution of our brains, our minds, and our intelligence.

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