Instant Genius Podcast: The origins of religion, with Robin Dunbar

Instant Genius Podcast: The origins of religion, with Robin Dunbar

Robin Dunbar, a professor of evolutionary psychology, joins us on our podcasts, Instant Genius and Instant Genius Extra.

Daniel Bennett

Published: April 25, 2022 at 8:06 am

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.

FindInstant Genius on your preferred podcast platform here: instantgenius.podlink.to/Podcast

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 onInstant Genius. In this episode, Robin digs deeper into how spirituality weaves its magic on our brains.

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Daniel Bennett

Editor, BBC Science Focus

Daniel Bennett is the Editor of BBC Science Focus. He is an award-winning journalist who’s been reporting on science and technology for over a decade, writing about the science of serial killers, sandwiches, supernovae and almost everything in between. In 2019 and 2021 he was named the Science and Technology Editor of the Year by the British Society of Magazine Editors and was shortlisted for the Editor of the Year by the Association of British Science Writers and the Professional Publishers Association. His particular areas of interest are psychology, health and future tech.

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