From Trance to Extraterrestrials: Developments in Human Evolution, Robin Dunbar, Simon Conway Morris

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A discussion of two new books on human evolution by leading evolutionary biologists, Robin Dunbar and Simon Conway Morris.Dunbar offers a revisionary account of the emergence of religion in Homo sapiens. Conway Morris considers widespread myths in Darwinian evolution, of which he is a leading researcher and advocate.Put together, the books suggest a fascinating glimpse into not only the religious past of humans but the religious future. The trance and mystical states which so captivated our a...