Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history

<p style="text-align:justify;">The origins of religion and of complex societies represent evolutionary puzzles. The ‘moralizing gods’ hypothesis offers a solution to both puzzles by proposing that belief in morally concerned supernatural agents culturally evolved to facilitate cooper...

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Main Authors: Whitehouse, H, Francois, P, Savage, P, Currie, T, Feeney, K, Cioni, E, Purcell, R, Ross, R, Larson, J, Baines, J, Haar, B, Covey, A, Turchin, P
Format: Journal article
Published: Springer Nature 2019