UBC Psychology Guest Lecture: Dr. Bernard Crespi

Inclusive fitness theory for the origin and evolution of religion
We describe and evaluate an integrative hypothesis for the origin and evolution of human religious cognition and behaviour, based on maximization of inclusive fitness.
Dr. Bernard Crespi is Professor of Evolutionary Biology in the department of Biological Sciences at SFU. Dr. Crespi’s research program uses integrated genetic, ecological and phylogenetic approaches to study social evolution across all levels in the hierarchy of life, from genes, to cells, to organisms, to social systems, and to the brain.