03045cam a2200325 4500 530309088 TxAuBib 20210910120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780231544863 0231544863 B071J1MZ95 Amazon b52f20b5-840b-4a99-b0be-c9ebc6737f33 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3293963 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Torrey, E. Fuller. Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods [Libby] : Early Humans and the Origins of Religion. Columbia University Press, 2017. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 4062kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 4062kB. Religion & Spirituality. Science. Nonfiction. HTML:Religions and mythologies from around the world teach that God or gods created humans. Atheist, humanist, and materialist critics, meanwhile, have attempted to turn theology on its head, claiming that religion is a human invention. In this book, E. Fuller Torrey draws on cutting-edge neuroscience research to propose a startling answer to the ultimate question. <i>Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods</i> locates the origin of gods within the human brain, arguing that religious belief is a byproduct of evolution.<br /> Based on an idea originally proposed by Charles Darwin, Torrey marshals evidence that the emergence of gods was an incidental consequence of several evolutionary factors. Using data ranging from ancient skulls and artifacts to brain imaging, primatology, and child development studies, this book traces how new cognitive abilities gave rise to new behaviors. For instance, autobiographical memory, the ability to project ourselves backward and forward in time, gave <i>Homo sapiens</i> a competitive advantage. However, it also led to comprehension of mortality, spurring belief in an alternative to death. Torrey details the neurobiological sequence that explains why the gods appeared when they did, connecting archaeological findings including clothing, art, farming, and urbanization to cognitive developments. This book does not dismiss belief but rather presents religious belief as an inevitable outcome of brain evolution. Providing clear and accessible explanations of evolutionary neuroscience, <i>Evolving Brains, Emerging Gods</i> will shed new light on the mechanics of our deepest mysteries. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b52f20b5-840b-4a99-b0be-c9ebc6737f33&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b52f20b5-840b-4a99-b0be-c9ebc6737f33&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=b52f20b5-840b-4a99-b0be-c9ebc6737f33&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)