The origins of religion, with Robin Dunbar
Instant Genius
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The Essence of Primates' Social Life
Religion would not have appeared in the human lineage had we not been so social. The essence of primates social life is that it's a kind of implicit social contract. We're part of that cindrome, if you like. Tit's just that we do it bigger and better because we've got a bigger and better brain allows us to do it. But it's spun off an evolutionary history ofamusing socialitys as way of coping with vicissitude of life on erand the uncertainties.
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