Worshipping Waterfalls: The Evolution of Belief
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The Second Puzzle That Intrigued Me
A few decades ago, there was this discovery in south central turkey. It's an archaeological site called gopeli tepe. Gobeclitepe is about 11 thousand 500 years old. So it's thousands of years older than the oldest pyramids or the stonehenge. But e here is a thing. We have minds and brains that are celebrated to live in small groups of friends and allies. Yet we live in a world that is mostly defined by interactions with complete strangers.
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