TORREY-FULLER, E.

Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods Early Humans and the Origins of Religion / [online] : E. Fuller Torrey - [New York] : Columbia University Press, 2017 - 1 resursă online (279 p.)

Frontmatter 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 Dead
Notes


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