Mythos in the light of evolution.

Behav Brain Sci

Department of Sociology, University of California, Riverside, CA,

Published: January 2025

This commentary adds elements of analysis from the new evolutionary sociology that might help to support the mythologic hypothesis. It discusses the likelihood of a more generalized processer rather than exactly evolved psychological mechanisms, the consequences of bottlenecks, and the importance of utilizing molecular, fossil, and primate data in the authors' research program.

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