Genealogy of Religion

Exploring the Origins, History and Future of Religion

Entries Tagged as 'cultural imprinting'

Near Death Experiences: Portal to Another Realm?

July 16th, 2010 · 8 Comments · Cognition, Emotions, Evolutionary Byproduct

There are many who believe that near death experiences (“NDE”) provide evidence of the existence of a spirit-soul and that those who have these close encounters with death have glimpsed another realm.  Over at Brain Blogger, Jennifer Gibson discusses some recent studies of NDEs in a post titled “Light at the End of the Tunnel [...]

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Recent Human Evolution and Religion

July 6th, 2010 · No Comments · Archaeology, Cognition, Cultural Evolution, Evolution, Evolutionary Adaptation, Evolutionary Byproduct

Most anthropologists date the appearance of anatomically modern Homo sapiens to approximately 150,000 years ago.  It was at about this time that the skeletal structure of Homo becomes indistinguishable from modern humans.  This does not mean, however, that human evolution simply stopped; evolution encompasses changes not only to skeletal structures but also to brain chemistry, [...]

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