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Robin Dunbar - How Religion Evolved: Evolution, Language & the Human Mind (Part 1)
Where did religion come from — and why did humans start believing?
In Part One of this three-part mini-series, evolutionary psychologist Professor Robin Dunbar explores how religion may have emerged from early human cognition, language, imagination, and our awareness of death.
We look at early spirituality, trance, symbolic thinking, and the evolutionary foundations of belief — long before organised religion or sacred texts.
A science-led journey into the origins of faith and what it reveals about the human mind.
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Professor Robin Dunbar — evolutionary psychologist, author of Dunbar’s…
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