Benjamin G Purzycki

Summary

I am an anthropologist who engages in the cognitive, evolutionary, and ethnographic sciences of sociality and cultural variation. The general topic of interest I work mostly on is religion; I study when, why, and how religious beliefs and ritual behaviors correspond to local problems and whether or not religion mitigates those problems’ effects. I have conducted fieldwork in the Tyva Republic to address these concerns, and also managed large cross-cultural studies.

Anthropology Evolutionary Studies

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