Religion and its Evolution Signals, Norms and Secret Histories

Introduction to religion and its evolution: signals, norms, and secret histories 1. Minds of gods and human cognitive constraints: socio-ecological context shapes belief 2. A national-scale typology of orientations to religion poses new challenges for the cultural evolutionary study of religious groups 3. The coevolution of sacred value and religion 4. Signaling theories of religion: models and explanation 5. Did religion play a role in the evolution of morality? 6. Religion: costs, signals, and the Neolithic transition 7. Mysticism and reality in Aboriginal myth: evolution and dynamism in Australian Aboriginal religion 8. On the origins of enchantment: not such a puzzle