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Apr 21, 2018 · at least one study (Harris and Giménez, 2005) found that afterlife beliefs do in fact get stronger as children get older. At the very least, then, the evidence is ambiguous.
- Steve Stewart-Williams
Sep 21, 2018 · Conceptions of the Afterlife in Early Civilizations is a significant study, for it presents a comprehensive new comparative framework for the cross-cultural study of myth and religion, while at...
- Steve Stewart-Williams
Jun 25, 2021 · Here, we present cross-cultural evidence from six study populations, including non-Western societies with diverse belief systems, that shows that while this pattern exists, the overall pattern of responses nonetheless does not support intuitive dualism in afterlife beliefs.
Evolutionary psychologist Matt Rossano has theorised that religion evolved in three stages: In the pre-Upper Palaeolithic, religion was characterised by ecstatic rituals used to facilitate social bonding.
Jul 25, 2017 · In the secular literature, however, there was free speculation that companion animals would have a share in the afterlife.
- A. W. H. Bates
- 10.1057/978-1-137-55697-4_3
- 2017
- 2017/07/25
Feb 24, 2022 · ‘Darwin and evolution’ discusses the theory of biological evolution, the idea that living species descended from a common ancestor through a sequence of modification and natural selection.
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Jan 4, 2021 · Here we test theories from religious studies: that belief in an imminent apocalypse co-evolved with and facilitated revolutionary violence, whereas belief in reincarnation caused people to...
