2022
On the origin of collective ritual
KUNDT, Radek a Martin LANGZákladní údaje
Originální název
On the origin of collective ritual
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Vydání
The European Association for the Study of Religions Conference, 27 June-1 July 2022, University College Cork, Ireland, 2022
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Prezentace na konferencích
Obor
60304 Religious studies
Stát vydavatele
Irsko
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Odkazy
Organizační jednotka
Filozofická fakulta
Klíčová slova anglicky
ritual; complex signaling system; evolution; cooperation
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 13. 2. 2023 11:09, Mgr. Ivona Vrzalová
Anotace
V originále
Treating collective ritual as a complex signaling system facilitating mutualistic cooperation, we propose an evolutionary model of its origin in the hominin lineage. For 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. As a next step, we turn to primatology and paleoanthropology to investigate these signals in 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 the mechanisms` presence. Finally, we connect this evidence with the prevalent socio-ecological selective pressures for cooperative communication and suggest that by the arrival of H. Sapiens collective ritual already constituted crucial adaptation overcoming collective action problems.
Návaznosti
| MUNI/A/1435/2021, interní kód MU |
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