02341cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003701000130007804000110009104100170010205000070011910000300012624500470015626400510020330000470025433600260030133700260032733800360035350000310038950801910042052012130061153400450182465300100186965300170187965300270189665300130192365300120193685600430194846884UtSlPG20260610134057.0mcr n260607r2014||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  a21026419  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aGN1 aRead, Carveth,d1848-193114aThe Origin of Man and of His Superstitions 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2014  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aRelease date is 2014-09-17  aProduced by Chris Curnow, eagkw and the Online Distributed
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Internet Archive)  a"The Origin of Man and of His Superstitions" by Carveth Read is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The work presents a hypothesis regarding the evolutionary development of humans from ape-like ancestors and explores the subsequent emergence of superstitions and magical beliefs as social constructs. Read aims to connect human evolution, particularly through hunting practices, with the psychological and sociocultural evolution leading to superstitions.  The opening of the work delivers a comprehensive explanation of the author's hypothesis regarding human ancestry linked to ape-like stocks, highlighting the pivotal role of adopting a hunting lifestyle. Read outlines how this shift not only transformed human physical attributes—such as erect posture and specialized hands—but also shaped social cooperation and early mental capacities. He discusses the implications of transitioning from a frugivorous diet to a carnivorous one and the essential changes in human behavior, cognition, and society that arose as a consequence of social hunting, setting the stage for exploring the development of superstitions in later chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aMagic  aSuperstition  aHuman beings -- Origin  aTotemism  aAnimism40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/46884