The Origin and Evolution of Religious Prosociality

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• Publication year

  2008

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  2008-10-03

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Medicine, Psychology

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  DOI 10.1126/science.1158757PMID 18832637
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