Moralistic gods, supernatural punishment and the expansion of human sociality

Broad supernatural punishment but not moralizing high gods precede the evolution of political complexity in Austronesia

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The ecology of religious beliefs

(2014) Carlos A. Botero et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

War, space, and the evolution of Old World complex societies

(2013) P. Turchin et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Divergent Effects of Beliefs in Heaven and Hell on National Crime Rates

(2012) Azim F. Shariff et al.   PLoS One

The weirdest people in the world?

(2010) Joseph Henrich et al.   BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN SCIENCES

Beliefs about God, the afterlife and morality support the role of supernatural policing in human cooperation

(2010) Quentin D. Atkinson et al.   EVOLUTION AND HUMAN BEHAVIOR

Markets, Religion, Community Size, and the Evolution of Fairness and Punishment

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