African Art

Evolutionary origin of religion

The evolutionary origin of religion and religious behavior is a field of study related to evolutionary psychology, the origin of language and mythology, and cross-cultural comparison of the anthropology of religion. Some subjects of interest include Neolithic religion, evidence for spirituality or cultic behavior in the Upper Paleolithic, and similarities in great ape behavior.

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• ▸Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham
• ▸Constellation program
• ▸Cycladic art

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