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Is Religion Man-Made? How Did Religion Start? The Evolution of Belief (2...

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RAYLOKEJanuary 19, 2015 at 3:55 AM
YES STUDY RELIGION Scientifically, ....MEANINGLESS, ... But OBVIOUSLY One need to know of what one BELIEVE in that is OMNI within RELIGIOUS Quality Beyond normal NATURALLY >>>> Published on 26 Aug 2013
The evolutionary origin of religions theorizes about the emergence of religious behavior during the course of human evolution.

Humanity's closest living relatives are common chimpanzees and bonobos. These primates share a common ancestor with humans who lived between four and six million years ago. It is for this reason that chimpanzees and bonobos are viewed as the best available surrogate for this common ancestor. Barbara King argues that while non-human primates are not religious, they do exhibit some traits that would have been necessary for the evolution of religion. These traits include high intelligence, a capacity for symbolic communication, a sense of social norms, realization of "self" and a concept of continuity.[1][2][3] There is inconclusive evidence that Homo neanderthalensis may have buried their dead which is evidence of the use of ritual. The use of burial rituals is evidence of religious activity, but there is no other evidence that religion existed in human culture before humans reached behavioral modernity.[4]

Marc Bekoff, Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, argues that many species grieve death and loss.[5]

There is general agreement among cognitive scientists that religion is an outgrowth of brain architecture that evolved early in human history. However, there is disagreement on the exact mechanisms that drove the evolution of the religious mind. The two main schools of thought hold that either religion evolved due to natural selection and has selective advantage, or that religion is an evolutionary byproduct of other mental adaptations.[18] Stephen Jay Gould, for example, believed that religion was an exaptation or a spandrel, in other words that religion evolved as byproduct of psychological mechanisms that evolved for other reasons.[19][20][21] .... http://youtu.be/ql2yz7XDs2A
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RAYLOKEJanuary 19, 2015 at 4:41 AM
YES Rational EXUBERANCE makes it's presence felt intensly ''when'' least expected in the Eleventh Hour REALISTICALLY >>>> The week in weakness is truly evident Significant EVIDENTLY >>>> HAAHAHAHAHAHA ! .... EVOLVING in deed is the Realization of READY or not PREPARED or not the REALITY is that it had ALREADY BEGUN Realistically, ...YES Evolution ''within'' Revolutions in deed is all about Being SKEWED Plus Screwed over OVERDOSED Oversights indeed is the ISSUE Evidently >>>>>> YES DESTROY or CONSTRUCT is but a ''choice'' that is Obviously OBVIOUS Realistically ; YES ONE need to know plus believe SIMULTANEOUSLY >>>>>>> AMAZING GRACE in deed is the OMNI One Realistically >>>>>> YES STUDY RELIGION Scientifically, .... SIMULATION Simultaneously of what is ''common'' sense or MEANINGLESS, ... But OBVIOUSLY One need to know of what one BELIEVE in that is truly OMNI within RELIGIOUS Quality Beyond normal NATURALLY or SuperNaturally with ADDED Knowledge REALISTICALLY ............... >>>>>>>>> Published on 26 Aug 2013
The evolutionary origin of religions theorizes about the emergence of religious behavior during the course of human evolution.

Humanity's closest living relatives are common chimpanzees and bonobos. These primates share a common ancestor with humans who lived between four and six million years ago. It is for this reason that chimpanzees and bonobos are viewed as the best available surrogate for this common ancestor. Barbara King argues that while non-human primates are not religious, they do exhibit some traits that would have been necessary for the evolution of religion. These traits include high intelligence, a capacity for symbolic communication, a sense of social norms, realization of "self" and a concept of continuity.[1][2][3] There is inconclusive evidence that Homo neanderthalensis may have buried their dead which is evidence of the use of ritual. The use of burial rituals is evidence of religious activity, but there is no other evidence that religion existed in human culture before humans reached behavioral modernity.[4]

Marc Bekoff, Professor Emeritus of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Colorado, Boulder, argues that many species grieve death and loss.[5]

There is general agreement among cognitive scientists that religion is an outgrowth of brain architecture that evolved early in human history. However, there is disagreement on the exact mechanisms that drove the evolution of the religious mind. The two main schools of thought hold that either religion evolved due to natural selection and has selective advantage, or that religion is an evolutionary byproduct of other mental adaptations.[18] Stephen Jay Gould, for example, believed that religion was an exaptation or a spandrel, in other words that religion evolved as byproduct of psychological mechanisms that evolved for other reasons.[19][20][21] .... http://youtu.be/ql2yz7XDs2A
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