2022
Evolutionary origin of ritual behavior in humans
KUNDT, Radek a Martin LANGZákladní údaje
Originální název
Evolutionary origin of ritual behavior in humans
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Vydání
Religion and the mind, 28-29 May 2022, Institute for the Study of Religions, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland. 2022
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Prezentace na konferencích
Obor
60304 Religious studies
Stát vydavatele
Polsko
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Odkazy
Organizační jednotka
Filozofická fakulta
Klíčová slova anglicky
ritual behavior; collective ritual
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 12. 2. 2023 18:02, Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová
Anotace
V originále
Treating collective ritual as a complex signaling system facilitating mutualistic cooperation, together with Martin Lang, we propose an evolutionary model of its origin in the hominin lineage. In our model, we first synthesize the literature dealing with hunter-gatherer ethnography and hominin archaeology and identify similarity signals, coalitionary signals, and signals of commitment to collective action as the main building blocks of the signaling system. Subsequently, we turn to primatology and paleoanthropology to trace these signals in both non-human primates and past hominins. Adding the proximate level to our analysis, we pinpoint distinctive neurocognitive mechanisms scaffolding the three types of ritual signals and track down their presence. Eventually, we connect this evidence with the prevalent socio-ecological pressures for cooperative communication and suggest that by the arrival of H. Sapiens collective ritual had already been selected for as a crucial adaptation overcoming collective action problems.
Návaznosti
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