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Evolutionary Origins of Religious Cognition: Possible Contributions of Neanderthal and Denisovan Genetic Heritage to Human Religious Concepts
2026-03-12
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Although Homo sapiens remains the only species with clearly documented religious systems, archaeological evidence suggests that other archaic humans may have exhibited behaviors associated with proto-religious thought, including symbolic practices and possible mortuary rituals. In particular, Homo neanderthalensis and the population known as Denisovans possessed large and complex brains, including well-developed f...
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- Literature Corpus work
- 4e4327b5-9d45-51e8-a2db-cad7fdc0ed8f
- DOI
- 10.20944/preprints202603.0973.v1