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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
t innate rather than cultural biases, says Kelemen. But recent work suggests that it's not just children: Kelemen and Krista Casler of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylva- nia, found the same tendency to ascribe pur- pose to phenomena like rocks, sand, and lakes in uneducated Romany adults. The
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
t innate rather than cultural biases, says Kelemen. But recent work suggests that it's not just children: Kelemen and Krista Casler of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylva- nia, found the same tendency to ascribe pur- pose to phenomena like rocks, sand, and lakes in uneducated Romany adults. The
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
t innate rather than cultural biases, says Kelemen. But recent work suggests that it's not just children: Kelemen and Krista Casler of Franklin & Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylva- nia, found the same tendency to ascribe pur- pose to phenomena like rocks, sand, and lakes in uneducated Romany adults. The
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