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me researchers suggest that cog- nitive tendencies led to religion, which then took hold and spread because it raised fitness. But others, such as Boyer, counter that this adaptationist explanation is itself light on data. "It is often said that reli- gion encourages or prescribes solidarity withi

o talking teacups, but reli- gion is much more than that. "Deriving belief from the architecture of the mind is neces- sary but not sufficientr says Norenzayan. He favors an additional class of explana- tions for why religion is so prominent in every culture: It promotes cooperative behavior among strange

me researchers suggest that cog- nitive tendencies led to religion, which then took hold and spread because it raised fitness. But others, such as Boyer, counter that this adaptationist explanation is itself light on data. "It is often said that reli- gion encourages or prescribes solidarity withi

o talking teacups, but reli- gion is much more than that. "Deriving belief from the architecture of the mind is neces- sary but not sufficientr says Norenzayan. He favors an additional class of explana- tions for why religion is so prominent in every culture: It promotes cooperative behavior among strange

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Bressler, E.R. (2003). Cooperation and commune longevity: a test of the costly signaling theory of religion. Cross-cultural Research, 37(2), 211-239; Norenzayan, A, & Shariff, A. F. (2008). The origin and evolution of religious prosociality. Science, 322(5898), Hauser Chapter 1. Nature’s secrets Sl HOUSE_OV