Evolving brains, emerging gods : early humans and the origins of religion / E. Fuller Torrey.

By:

Torrey, E. Fuller (Edwin Fuller), 1937- [author.]

Publisher: New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]Copyright date: ß2017Description: 1 online resource (xv, 291 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

0231544863
9780231544863

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Genre/Form:

Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:

200.1 23

LOC classification:

BL51 .T6155 2017eb

Online resources:

EBSCOhost

Contents:

Intro; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Brain, Home of the Gods; Part 1. The Making of the Gods; 1. Homo habilis: A Smarter Self; 2. Homo erectus: An Aware Self; 3. Archaic Homo sapiens (Neandertals): An Empathic Self; 4. Early Homo sapiens: An Introspective Self; 5. Modern Homo sapiens: A Temporal Self; Part 2. The Emergence of the Gods; 6. Ancestors and Agriculture: A Spiritual Self; 7. Governments and Gods: A Theistic Self; 8. Other Theories of the Origins Of Gods; Appendix A: The Evolution of the Brain.

Appendix B: Dreams as Proof of the Existence of a Spirit World and Land of the DeadNotes; Index.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-277) and index.

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Appendix B: Dreams as Proof of the Existence of a Spirit World and Land of the DeadNotes; Index.