Homines Emotionales and Religion as an Evolutionary Exaptation
A Response to Leonardo Ambasciano
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.19353Keywords:
Neurosociology, Emotions, Evolution, Religion, HistoryAbstract
This article offers a critical reply to Leonardo Ambasciano’s commentary on our volume (Turner et al. 2018) available in this same issue of the Journal of Cognitive Historiography.
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