Detailed Information on Publication Record
2021
Ritualized commitment displays in humans and non-human primates
LANG, Martin and Radek KUNDTBasic information
Original name
Ritualized commitment displays in humans and non-human primates
Authors
Edition
Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society, online, 2021
Other information
Language
English
Type of outcome
Prezentace na konferencích
Field of Study
60304 Religious studies
Country of publisher
Austria
Confidentiality degree
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
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Organization unit
Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English
evolution; ritualized signals; collective ritual; non-human primates
Tags
International impact, Reviewed
Změněno: 16/2/2022 15:17, Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová
Abstract
V originále
Collective ritual is virtually omnipresent across past and present human cultures, and analogous behaviors were documented in non-human primates. However, surprisingly little is known about the evolution of ritual in the hominin lineage as well as their underlying neurocognitive mechanisms. Here, we identify similarity, coalitional, and commitment signals as the essential features of collective ritual and argue that these signals evolved to facilitate mutualistic cooperation. We compare evidence for the communicative function of ritual between contemporary hunter-gatherers and non-human primates and discuss the underlying cognitive mechanisms facilitating these signals. Importantly, we will provide experimental evidence from our lab supporting the role of ritual as a platform for cooperative communication. Synthesizing this evidence, we will suggest that between 500 and 300 ka, collective ritual as a repetitively performed communicative act evolved from rudimentary signaling systems to help facilitate mutualistic cooperation and collective action.
Links
| CZ.02.2.69/0.0/0.0/19_074/0012727, interní kód MU (CEP code: EF19_074/0012727) |
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