The Biological Evolution of Religious Mind and Behavior
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Hardcover. This insightful book aims to provide a better understanding of the social scenarios in which selection pressure led to religious practices becoming an evolved human trait. This aim is pursued by a team of expert authors from a range of disciplines. Editor(s): Schiefenhovel, Wulf; Voland, Eckart. Series: The Frontiers Collection. Num Pages: 315 pages, 18 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: HPC; HRAB; PSAJ; PSXE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 656.
In a Darwinian world, religious behavior - just like other behaviors - is likely to have undergone a process of natural selection in which it was rewarded in the evolutionary currency of reproductive success. This book aims to provide a better understanding of the social scenarios in which selection pressure led to religious practices becoming an evolved human trait, i.e. an adaptive answer to the conditions of living and surviving that prevailed among our prehistoric ancestors. This aim is pursued by a team of expert authors from a range of disciplines. Their contributions examine the relevant physiological, emotional, cognitive and ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
Series
The Frontiers Collection
Number of Pages
305
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642001277
SKU
V9783642001277
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99-1
About Voland
Wulf Schiefenhövel is professor for medical psychology and ethnomedicine at the University of Munich and head of the human ethology group at the Max-Planck-Institute in Andechs, Germany. His main research interests are human ethology and evolutionary medicine, within which he focuses on sexuality and reproduction, human birth behavior, early infancy, language and cognitive concepts as well as the genetic and oral ... Read more
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