Food storage facilitated the emergence of hunter-gatherer professional religious specialists

Professional religious specialists centralised religious authority in early human societies and represented some of the earliest instances of formalised social leadership. These individuals played a central role in the emergence of organised religion and transitions to more stratified human societie...

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Main Authors: Watts, J, Hamerslag, E, Sprules, C, Dunbar, R
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2022