Evolving brains, emerging gods early humans and the origins of religion / E. Fuller Torrey.
| Author/creator | Torrey, E. Fuller, 1937- author. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | New York : Columbia University Press, [2017] |
| Description | xv, 291 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: The brain, home of the gods -- Part 1. The making of the gods. Homo habilis : a smarter self ; Homo erectus : an aware self ; Archaic Homo sapiens (Neandertals) : an empathic self ; Early Homo sapiens : an introspective self ; Modern Homo sapiens : a temporal self -- Part 2. The emergence of the gods. Ancestors and agriculture : a spiritual self ; Governments and gods : a theistic self ; 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages [239]-277) and index. |
| LCCN | 2017010259 |
| ISBN | 9780231183369 |
| ISBN | 0231183364 hardcover acid-free paper |
| ISBN | electronic book |