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E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods locates the origin of gods within the human brain, arguing that religious belief is a by-product of evolution.

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A unique scholarly approach to the subject that is sure to be influential and highly regarded. -- Robert Sapolsky, John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor of Biology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Stanford University An excellent text that throws new light on where religious ideas come from. -- Patrick McNamara, Boston University School of Medicine

Table of Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Brain, Home of the Gods
Part 1. The Making of the Gods
1. Homo habilis: A Smarter Self
2. Homo erectus: An Aware Self
3. Archaic Homo sapiens (Neandertals): An Empathic Self
4. Early Homo sapiens: An Introspective Self
5. Modern Homo sapiens: A Temporal Self
Part 2. The Emergence of the Gods
6. Ancestors and Agriculture: A Spiritual Self
7. Governments and Gods: A Theistic Self
8. Other Theories of the Origins Of Gods
Appendix A: The Evolution of the Brain
Appendix B: Dreams as Proof of the Existence of a Spirit World and Land of the Dead
Notes
Index

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      Publisher: Columbia University Press
      Publication Date: 9/26/2017 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780231183369, 978-0231183369
      ISBN10: 0231183364
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods locates the origin of gods within the human brain, arguing that religious belief is a by-product of evolution.

      Trade Review
      A unique scholarly approach to the subject that is sure to be influential and highly regarded. -- Robert Sapolsky, John A. and Cynthia Fry Gunn Professor of Biology, Neurology, and Neurosurgery, Stanford University An excellent text that throws new light on where religious ideas come from. -- Patrick McNamara, Boston University School of Medicine

      Table of Contents
      Preface
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction: The Brain, Home of the Gods
      Part 1. The Making of the Gods
      1. Homo habilis: A Smarter Self
      2. Homo erectus: An Aware Self
      3. Archaic Homo sapiens (Neandertals): An Empathic Self
      4. Early Homo sapiens: An Introspective Self
      5. Modern Homo sapiens: A Temporal Self
      Part 2. The Emergence of the Gods
      6. Ancestors and Agriculture: A Spiritual Self
      7. Governments and Gods: A Theistic Self
      8. Other Theories of the Origins Of Gods
      Appendix A: The Evolution of the Brain
      Appendix B: Dreams as Proof of the Existence of a Spirit World and Land of the Dead
      Notes
      Index

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