Religion, Neurosociology and Evolutionary Sociology
Knocking on an Open Door or Why We Need More Interdisciplinary Communication
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religion, ritual, exaptation, convergent evolutionAbstract
Religion, Neurosociology and Evolutionary Sociology: Knocking on an Open Door or Why We Need More Interdisciplinary Communication
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