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[VIDEO] Birth of Voodoo

Voodoo was born in the West African nation of Benin. And here it is an official religion.
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Why are people friendly?

Why are people friendly? | Science News | Scoop.it

Without selection between competing groups, the advantages of co-operation are not great enough to make it spread, or maintain itself within a population. Our benevolent instincts are the products of our social nature, and to analyse human society as essentially an association of individuals is not just morally but scientifically wrong, since that kind of analysis doesn't predict our behaviour accurately.

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[VIDEO] Stanford professor studies evangelicals who hear God's voice

Stanford anthropology professor Tanya Luhrmann has spent ten years studying how evangelical Christians train themselves to hear the voice of God.


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The Neuroanthropology of Embodiment, Absorption, and Dissociation | Neuroanthropology

The Neuroanthropology of Embodiment, Absorption, and Dissociation | Neuroanthropology | Science News | Scoop.it

Got Absorption? Toward a Neuroanthropology of Ritual and Play

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