# The origin of religion, according to hunter-gatherers

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-origin-of-religion-according-to-hunter-gatherers/2207>\
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**Created:** [October 11, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-origin-of-religion-according-to-hunter-gatherers/2207 "2018-10-11T23:43:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![Patrick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@Patrick](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/Patrick)\
**Post date:** [October 11, 2018, 11:43pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-origin-of-religion-according-to-hunter-gatherers/2207/1 "2018-10-11T23:43:54Z")

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@Alice_Linsley can we get your prespective on this?

> **[The origin of religion, according to hunter-gatherers - Filthy Monkey Men](https://www.filthymonkeymen.com/2018/10/11/origin-religion-hunter-gatherers/)**
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> There's a lot of variety in hunter-gatherers' religious beliefs. Can we use all this data to figure out what early religion was like?

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**Author:** ![AlanFox](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/alanfox/32/3495_2.png) [@AlanFox](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/AlanFox)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 2:28pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-origin-of-religion-according-to-hunter-gatherers/2207/2 "2020-09-27T14:28:17Z")

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Thanks for the link. I’ve come across that site before and found it useful and informative.

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**Author:** ![John\_Harshman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/john_harshman/32/1121_2.png) [@John\_Harshman](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/John_Harshman)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/the-origin-of-religion-according-to-hunter-gatherers/2207/3 "2020-09-27T17:38:00Z")

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Does the central misunderstanding of phylogenetics affect the conclusion? Not if it’s only on the part of the blog’s writer, not the researcher. But frequency does not determine the ordering of beliefs. And what is the “hunter-gatherer family tree” based on?