Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history

Nature Vol/Iss. 567(7748) Springer Nature Publishing AG Published In Pages: 226-229
By Whitehouse, Harvey, François, Pieter, Savage, Patrick E., Curie, Thomas E., Feeney, Kevin C., Cioni, Enrico, Purcell, Rosalind, Moss, Robert M., Larson, Jennifer, Baines, John, ter Haar, Barend, Covey, Alan, Turchin, Peter

Hypothesis

Contrary to the Moral High Gods hypothesis, complex societies precede moralizing gods (227).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Paired t-testSupportedp < 0.001UNKNOWNTwo-tailed