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not be possible to know for sure that a culture wor- shipped gods until we can read their names—that is, until the literate societies of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, some 5000 years ago. Those early empires had both secu- lar and religious hierarchies, with priestly elites and some- times a god-king
al properties of our cognitive systems that lean toward a belief in supernatural agents, to something like a god," says experi- mental psychologist Justin Barrett of the Uni- versity of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Barrett and others see the roots of reli- gion in our sophisticated social cognition. Humans,
ssible to know g for sure that a culture wor- d shipped gods until we can read I their names—that is, until the e literate societies of ancient $ Mesopotamia and Egypt, I some 5000 years ago. Those g early empires had both secu- € lar and religious hierarchies, 6 • with priestly elites and some- • times
onal properties of our cognitive systems that lean toward a belief in supernatural agents, to something like a got says experi- mental psychologist Justin Barrett of the Uni- versity of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Barrett and others see the roots of reli- gion in our sophisticated social cognition. Humans,
ot be possible to know E for sure that a culture wor- shipped gods until we can read their names—that is, until the literate societies of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, g some 5000 years ago. Those 2 early empires had both seen- 1 lar and religious hierarchies, with priestly elites and some- times a go
al properties of our cognitive systems that lean toward a belief in supernatural agents, to something like a god," says experi- mental psychologist Justin Barrett of the Uni- versity of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Barrett and others see the roots of reli- gion in our sophisticated social cognition. Humans,
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