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Religion's role in human evolution: the missing link between ape-man's selfish genes and civilized altruism.
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This article is published in Zygon.The article was published on 1979-06-01. It has received 39 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Green-beard effect & Selfish Genes.read more
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Religion, Science and Naturalism
TL;DR: Theology and science: strategies, definitions, and issues as discussed by the authors Theology and knowledge of human nature 5. Science, religion, and naturalism References Index: Science, Religion, and Naturalism
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The Selfish Meme: A Critical Reassessment
TL;DR: The meme hypothesis is applied to the replication of complex culture and the human mind, where science, religion and society: what can memes tell us?
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Religion as an identifiable traditional behavior subject to natural selection
Lyle B. Steadman,Craig T. Palmer +1 more
TL;DR: The authors argued that the only thing identifiable that is distinctly religious is a certain type of behavior; more specifically, a kind of talk, and although a statement about the existence of something supernatural is necessary for talk, such a claim by itself is not identifiably religious.
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Visiting dead ancestors: shamans as interpreters of religious traditions
Lyle B. Steadman,Craig T. Palmer +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue that a focus on the more exotic aspects of shamanism has kept previous studies from realizing the crucial role of shamans as interpreters of religious traditions.
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War, peace, and religion's biocultural evolution
TL;DR: A recent scientifically and historically grounded theory on human genetic and cultural evolution suggests why the religious elements of culture became the primary source of both peaceful cooperation within societal ingroups and at the same time of destructive wars with outgroups as discussed by the authors.
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Evolution at two levels in humans and chimpanzees
Mary Claire King,Allan C. Wilson +1 more
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New concepts in the evolution of complexity: stratified stability and unbounded plans
TL;DR: In this article, the authors distinguish between two concepts, the usual concept of a closed or bounded plan (that is, a tactic or solution for a defined problem), and a new concept of an open or unbounded plan, that is, general strategy.
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The brain's generation gap: some human implications
TL;DR: The article is excerpted from a paper based on two illustrated lectures given December 28, 1971 at the 138 annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the February 9, 1972 G. Burroughs Mider national Institutes of Health lecture.