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4 March 2007

The Evolution of Religion

Why do people believe in God? In the devil? In heaven?
In today’s New York Times Magazine, Robin Marantz Henig writes a fascinating story on researchers who are using science–evolution, in fact–to understand why religion has been central to humanity since prehistory. The story focuses on two camps: those who say belief in religion is an [...]

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