... The BELIEF INSTINCT The BELIEF INSTINCT THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SOULS, DESTINY, AND THE MEANING OF LIFE Jesse Bering W W NORTON & COMPANY New York • London Copyright © 2011 by Jesse Bering Originally ... plebes, and the bloated politicians of ancient Greece and gave them all a show During public debates on the most serious matters of the day—from the rape of Helen, to the economy, to the nature of ... twins In The Rise of Homo sapiens: The Evolution of Modern Thinking (2009), Coolidge and Wynn point out that a conspicuous clue to the Neanderthals’ theory -of- mind abilities, or rather their absence,...