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A massive big data analysis covering 414 societies, 30 regions, and the last 10,000 years has surprisingly indicated moralizing deities are products of social complexification rather than a driving force in achieving social complexity. The available mass of data indicates the rise of such 'big gods' follows rather than precedes the attainment of social complexity.
FULL STORY: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190320141116.htm
Complex societies gave birth to big gods, not the other way around
An international research team, including a member of the Complexity Science Hub Vienna, investigated the role of "big gods" in the rise of complex large-scale societies. Big gods are defined as moralizing deities who punish ethical transgressions. Contrary to prevailing theories, the team found that beliefs in big gods are a consequence, not a cause, of the evolution of complex societies. The results are published in the current issue of the journal Nature. ...
FULL STORY: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/03/190320141116.htm