The relationship between religion and morality has long been hotly debated. Does religion
make us more moral? Is it necessary for morality? Do moral inclinations emerge …

Highlights•People cooperate more when they can choose partners than when partners are
fixed.•Partner choice creates a 'biological market'for the best partners.•Partners are chosen …

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A scientist integrates evolutionary biology, genetics, psychology, economics, and more to
explore the development and workings of human societies.“There is no good reason why …

We develop a cultural evolutionary theory of the origins of prosocial religions and apply it to
resolve two puzzles in human psychology and cultural history:(1) the rise of large-scale …

The origins of religion and of complex societies represent evolutionary puzzles,,,,,,–. The
'moralizing gods' hypothesis offers a solution to both puzzles by proposing that belief in …

Whether upheld as heroic or reviled as terrorism, people have been willing to lay down their
lives for the sake of their groups throughout history. Why? Previous theories of extreme self …

Robots may one day rule the world, but what is a robot-ruled Earth like? Many think the first
truly smart robots will be brain emulations or ems. Scan a human brain, then run a model …

I argue that psychology and epistemology should posit distinct cognitive attitudes of religious
credence and factual belief, which have different etiologies and different cognitive and …

Background Between roughly 500 BCE and 300 BCE, three distinct regions, the Yangtze
and Yellow River Valleys, the Eastern Mediterranean, and the Ganges Valley, saw the …