This review illustrates the relevance of shamanism and its evolution under effects of
psilocybin as a framework for identifying evolved aspects of psychedelic set and setting …

Human cooperation is highly unusual. We live in large groups composed mostly of non-
relatives. Evolutionists have proposed a number of explanations for this pattern, including …

Cognitive theories of religion have postulated several cognitive biases that predispose
human minds towards religious belief. However, to date, these hypotheses have not been …

This book examines shamanism from evolutionary and biological perspectives to identify the
origins of shamanic healing in rituals that enhance individual and group function. What does …

In evolutionary approaches to religion it is argued that belief in supernatural agents is
strongly related to a perceptual bias to over-detect the presence of agents in the …

As social and symbolic animals—animals with language and systems of signs—humans are
informed by two different kinds of heritage, one biological, the other cultural. Scholars have …

The features of shamanism found cross-culturally identify the foundations for a biogenetic
paradigm. Similarities of shamanic ritual with chimpanzee displays involving ritualized …

Religious studies assumes that religions are naturally occurring phenomena, yet what has
scholarship uncovered about this fascinating dimension of the human condition? The …

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendeskripsikan kelekatan anak usia dini di suku laut yaitu
desa Mola Selatan Kabupaten Wakatobi. Peneliti menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif untuk …

The cultural group selection (CGS) approach provides a compelling explanation for recent
changes in human societies, but has trouble explaining why our ancestors, rather than any …