The Emergence of Religion in Human Evolution

by Margaret Boone Rappaport and Christopher J Corbally

Religious capacity is a highly elaborate, neurocognitive human trait that has a solid evolutionary foundation. This book uses a multidisciplinary approach to describe millions of years of biological innovations that eventually give rise to the modern trait and its varied expression in humanity's many religions. The authors present a scientific model and a central thesis that the brain organs, networks, and capacities that allowed humans to survive...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367245205
• ISBN13: 9780367245207
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"