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

An MP3 version of this discussion is at my podcast feed, Talks and Thoughts. 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… Continue reading From Trance to Extraterrestrials: Developments in Human Evolution, Robin Dunbar, Simon Conway Morris

Homo Spiritualis – The New Science of Human Evolution

[MP3 version here.] The standard big history of human evolution, exemplified in Yuval Noah Harari’s bestseller Sapiens, sees religion and spirituality as a byproduct of survival, at best a necessary fiction. But new science is telling a different story. Research done by Robin Dunbar, Agustin Fuentes, Robert Bellah and others is showing how engaging with… Continue reading Homo Spiritualis – The New Science of Human Evolution