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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history

retracted scientific article published on 20 March 2019
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  • Author: Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — author (P50): Robert M Ross[1], Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — author (P50): Peter Turchin[2]
  • Page(s): 226-229[3]
  • Language of work or name: Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — language of work or name (P407): English[4]
  • Issue: 7751[5]
  • Volume: 568[6]
  • Publication date: March 20, 2019[7]
  • Significant event: Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — significant event (P793): retraction[8]
  • Published in: Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — published in (P1433): Nature[9]
  • Title: Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history[10]
  • Author name string: Harvey Whitehouse[11], Pieter François[12], Patrick E Savage[13], Thomas E Currie[14], Kevin C Feeney[15], Enrico Cioni[16], Rosalind Purcell[17], Jennifer Larson[18], John Baines[19], Barend Ter Haar[20], Alan Covey[21]
  • Cites work: Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — cites work (P2860): Religious belief and cooperation: a view from Viking-Age Scandinavia[22], Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — cites work (P2860): Moralistic gods, supernatural punishment and the expansion of human sociality[23], Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — cites work (P2860): Ritual human sacrifice promoted and sustained the evolution of stratified societies[24], Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — cites work (P2860): Rise and fall of political complexity in island South-East Asia and the Pacific[25], Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — cites work (P2860): Markets, religion, community size, and the evolution of fairness and punishment.[26], Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — cites work (P2860): The ecology of religious beliefs[27], Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — cites work (P2860): Quantitative historical analysis uncovers a single dimension of complexity that structures global variation in human social organization.[28], Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — cites work (P2860): The cultural evolution of prosocial religions.[29], Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — cites work (P2860): God's punishment and public goods : A test of the supernatural punishment hypothesis in 186 world cultures[30], Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — cites work (P2860): Evolutionary accounts of belief in supernatural punishment: a critical review[31], Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — cites work (P2860): Belief in moralizing gods[32], Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — cites work (P2860): Subsistence and the Evolution of Religion[33], Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — cites work (P2860): Broad supernatural punishment but not moralizing high gods precede the evolution of political complexity in Austronesia[34], Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — cites work (P2860): Cultural macroevolution matters[35]
  • Retracted by: Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history — retracted by (P5824): Retraction Note: Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history[36]

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