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The dark side of religion

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  How ritual human sacrifice helped create unequal societies   Ritual human sacrifice played a central role in helping those at the top of the social hierarchy maintain power over those at the bottom. This is the central finding of a study published today in Nature. Researchers from the University of Auckland’s School of Psychology, […]

Genetics reveals the impact of lifestyle on evolution

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  Researchers find differences between ethnic groups living as farmers and those engaged in traditional hunter-gatherer activities   Scientists have long thought that the rate with which mutations occur in the genome does not depend on cultural factors. The results of a current study suggest this may not be the case. A team of researchers […]