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