Atkinson, Quentin D.

Moralistic gods, supernatural punishment and the expansion of human sociality

Purzycki, B. G., Apicella, C., Atkinson, Q. D., Cohen, E., McNamara, R. A., Willard, A. K., Xygalatas, D., Norenzayan, A., & Henrich, J. (2016) · Nature

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationExperimental Behavioral Economics Studies

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Broad supernatural punishment but not moralizing high gods precede the evolution of political complexity in Austronesia

Watts, J., Greenhill, S. J., Atkinson, Q. D., Currie, T. E., Bulbulia, J., & Gray, R. D. (2015) · Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationLanguage and cultural evolution

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The cultural morphospace of ritual form

Atkinson, Q. D., & Whitehouse, H. (2011) · Evolution and Human Behavior

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationStudy and Philosophy of Religion

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Beliefs about God, the afterlife and morality support the role of supernatural policing in human cooperation

Atkinson, Q. D., & Bourrat, P. (2011) · Evolution and Human Behavior

Evolutionary Game Theory and CooperationPsychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment

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Ritual human sacrifice promoted and sustained the evolution of stratified societies

Watts, J., Sheehan, O., Atkinson, Q. D., Bulbulia, J., & Gray, R. D. (2016) · Nature

Violence, Religion, and PhilosophyLanguage and cultural evolution

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