Epstein Secrets

er researchers are extending this cog- nitive model, finding additional thought processes that they say make religious belief natural. For example, Bloom and Jesse 5 2 eF Downloaded from www.sciencemag.org on November 25. 2009 786 6 NOVEMBER 2009 VOL 326 SCIENCE www.sciencemag.org pubtethedayams

the archaeo- logical record and the theoretical models of psychologists. Archaeological objects fall short of revealing our ancestors' minds, says Bloom, while on the psychological side, "we need more evidence!' Birth of the gods When did religious beliefs begin? A likely place to find out is the

ts dis- miss the cognitive model as speculation. Yet there have been some stirrings of interdisci- plinary activity. Archaeologist Steven Mithen of the University of Reading in the United Kingdom has suggested that the half- human, half-animal paintings and carvings of the Paleolithic demonstrate that early Homo sapien

er researchers are extending this cog- nitive model, finding additional thought processes that they say make religious belief natural. For example, Bloom and Jesse 5 2 eF Downloaded from www.sciencemag.org on November 25. 2009 786 6 NOVEMBER 2009 VOL 326 SCIENCE www.sciencemag.org pubtethedayams

the archaeo- logical record and the theoretical models of psychologists. Archaeological objects fall short of revealing our ancestors' minds, says Bloom, while on the psychological side, "we need more evidence." Birth of the gods When did religious beliefs begin? A likely place to find out is the

ts dis- miss the cognitive model as speculation. Yet there have been some stirrings of interdisci- plinary activity. Archaeologist Steven Mithen of the University of Reading in the United Kingdom has suggested that the half- human, half-animal paintings and carvings of the Paleolithic demonstrate that early Homo sapien

the archaeo- logical record and the theoretical models of psychologists. Archaeological objects fall short of revealing our ancestors' minds, says Bloom, while on the psychological side. "we need more evidence." Birth of the gods When did religious beliefs begin? A likely place to find out is the

ts dis- miss the cognitive model as speculation. Yet there have been some stirrings of interdisci- plinary activity. Archaeologist Steven Mithen of the University of Reading in the United Kingdom has suggested that the half- human. half-animal paintings and carvings of the Paleolithic demonstrate that early Homo sapien