Instant Genius is a bite-sized masterclass in podcast form. In this week’s episode, we talk to Prof Robin Dunbar.
He’s an anthropologist and evolutionary psychologist at the University of Oxford, and author of the new book How Religion Evolved And Why It Endures (£22, Pelican).
He talks about the evolution of religion, its origins and its future.
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And if that’s not enough, you can hear even more from Robin on Instant Genius Extra.
On this subscription-only show, available on Apple Podcasts, we take a deeper dive into the topics covered on Instant Genius. In this episode, Robin digs deeper into how spirituality weaves its magic on our brains.
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- Corals, with Dr Jamie Craggs
- Oral Health, with Dr Kami Hoss
- The animal kingdom’s mathematicians, with Brian Butterworth
- The neuroscience of grief, with Mary-Frances O’Connor
- Hyenas, with Prof Adam Hart