AN ALMIGHTY ALPHA
How Our Primate Heritage Contributes to Belief in Gods
I: Preliminaries
1. Homo Narcissus – Just an Animal?
2. God: Uber-Pater or El Presidente?
3. Nurture and the Swiss-Army Knife of Human Nature
5. Comparing Adams and Orangutans
II: Qualities of the Dominant
9. Sexual Primacy, Sexual Jealousy
III: But . . .
12. Will the Real Proto-Human Please Stand Up
13. The Egalitarian Ape: All for All and None for One
IV: Benefits to Subordinates
15. Peace Among Us
16. Protection from Them
17. The Gift of Provisions
V: And?
18. Science and the Educated Guess
19. Indirect Evidence and Possible Tests
20. The Buds of Religious Behavior
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