Religion: costs, signals, and the Neolithic transition
This paper extends the picture developed in Religion Re-Explained (Sterelny, 2018) to groups in transition from egalitarian to inegalitarian social environments, “big men” societies and their archaeological equivalents. It begins by giving a more nuanced account of the relationship between signals,...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
[2020]
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Religion, brain & behavior
Year: 2020, Volume: 10, Issue: 3, Pages: 303-320 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Neolithic revolution
/ Signal
/ Communication
/ Religion
/ Evolution
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion |
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honest signaling
B transegalitarian societies B Ritual B costly signaling B Costly signaling model of religion B Neolithic transition |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |