The Evolutionary Perspective on Belief

It says that an organism begins aging after they have reached their peak of reproduction and have passed down adaptive traits.

• Mutation accumulation - This theory presumes that random mutations accumulate later in life.
• Antagoni...

• An evolutionary response: Research suggests that arachnophobia or a general aversion to spiders is hard-wired as an ancestral survival technique.
• Cultural and/or religious beliefs: Some individuals within certain

Interestingly, the researchers also suggest that the advent of writing around 5,000 years ago likely had a pronounced effect on the “neural architectures” of individual human brains by increasing the power of group cognition. Decision-making by an increasingly interconnected grou...