Monday, November 16, 2009

Religion, society and evolution

Nicholas Wade argues that religion evolved as a way of promoting social cohesion and that it would have acted as a form of invisible government for ancient human societies without any other form of leadership.

Related:

Faith as an adaptation

2 comments:

Average Joe said...

http://www.gnxp.com/blog/2009/11/faith-instinct.php

Average Joe said...

http://scienceblogs.com/gnxp/2009/11/the_faith_instinct_how_religio.php