Moralizing religions, unlike religions with morally indifferent gods or spirits, appeared only
recently in some (but not all) large-scale human societies. A crucial feature of these new …

In contrast with tribal and archaic religions, world religions are characterized by a unique
emphasis on extended prosociality, restricted sociosexuality, delayed gratification and the …

… I have argued elsewhere (Baumard 2010b) that empirical data are more consistent with
the theory of fairness. Indeed, experimental studies, relying on a variety of methodologies, …

… The proximal mechanism that has evolved to fulfill this function is, we argue, a genuine
moral sense (for a more detailed discussion, see Sperber & Baumard 2012). This account is in …

… Here, we report 2 experiments with 3-and 4-year-old children (N= 195) that contradict this
constructivist account. Our results demonstrate that children as young as 3 years old are able …

… For a comprehensive discussion of the evolution of morality and a defence of the
mutualistic approach, see Baumard, 2010; Baumard, André and Sperber, forthcoming. …

… where k is the number of parameters in the model (from 0 to 2) and N is the number of data
points. The model with the lowest AICc is the most likely (a model can be said to capture data …

… frequency when n p > n r , and only stingy mutants can increase in frequency when n p ≤n r
… (p= 1) when n p > n r , and the lowest possible offer (p= 0) when n p ≤n r . The same occurs …

Since the late nineteenth century, cultural historians have noted that the importance of love
increased during the Medieval and Early Modern European period (a phenomenon that was …

Religious beliefs apparently challenge our view of human cognition as an evolved system
that provides reliable information about environments. We propose that properties of religious …