Apes to Angels: An Excerpt from Evolving God: A Provocative View on the Origins of Religion
From Chapter 1—Apes to Angels We humans crave emotional connection with others. This deep desire to connect can be explained by the long evolutionary history we shared with other primates, the monkeys and apes. At the same time, it explains why humans evolved to become the spiritual ape—the ape that grew a large brain, the…