Modern religions have a vestige e of the more ancient types of religion, wit still within them. And you talk quite a bit in that section aboutan dorpins. So i wonder if you could tell us your how andorpins relate to the the vestigial ritual s of religion. Oc s aiin dorphins play a very seminal role in social bonding in primates as a whole. It's the main mechanism involved in social bonding. In dorphins, er chemicals in the brain tat a part of the brains pain management system. Their piates is a contraction of indogenous morphine, meaning the body zone, or brain zone, morphine.
Robin Dunbar has been hailed as one of the most insightful and creative evolutionary thinkers of our time, famed for his work on human networks and communities (he came up with the Dunbar number, the idea that humans can have no more than 150 meaningful relationships). Now he turns his attention to religion, the subject of his recent book, How Religion Evolved: And Why It Endures. Joining Robin in conversation on the podcast is Stuart Ritchie, Psychologist at King's College London, and author of Science Fictions.
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