Benjamin Purzycki - Religion And The Evolution Of Social Life

Benjamin Purzycki of the Centre for Human Evolution, Cognition, and Culture at the University of British Columbia first discusses contemporary approaches to understanding religion cross-culturally. Then, he draws from this discussion and attend to the role beliefs about gods’ minds play in our relationships with the natural world and with each other. Purzycki's recent study published in Nature on the role that belief in punitive gods played in the expansion of human societies received wide coverage. Recorded at the Sunday, March 13, 2016 meeting of the BC Humanist Association in Vancouver. Learn more at www.bchumanist.ca Intro music: We are all connected instrumental - Symphony of Science www.symphonyofscience.com