How Religion Evolved with Robin Dunbar

Factually! with Adam Conover

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Comedy

4.4 • 2.2K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2022

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Summary

Instead of debunking religious beliefs, what if we investigated where religion comes from, and why it’s virtually universal across human cultures? Anthropologist and “How Religion Evolved And Why It Endures” author Robin Dunbar joins Adam to discuss the origins of religion. He describes how touch, laughter, and song bonded people together, and the social role of religious rituals such as sin-eating. You can purchase Robin’s book here: http://factuallypod.com/books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:55.2	Hello and welcome to factually, I'm Adam Connover, thank you so much for joining me on the show
0:59.6	once again, before we jump into it, I have a huge announcement to make after three years
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2:00.0	But let's talk about this week's episode.
2:03.2	You know, when I hosted Adam ruins everything, people would come to me all the time with things
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