cultural artifacts, 133, 175, 235, 240.
See also Artifacts, cognitive
cultural comparisons, 36–37, 217
cultural evolution, 298, 3223
cultural institutions, 205–206
cultural selection, 164, 165, 330
cultural transmission, 34, 35, 37, 38,
40–41, 46, 47, 50, 75, 133, 135,
160–167
epidemics of, 45–47
literate cultures, 311. See also Guilds,
literate; Literacy
and memory effects, 83–85
as similarity, 35–37, 39
Cuna people, 13–14, 37, 226
Curses, 194
Daniel, Sheryl, 170, 171
Dawkins, Richard, 35, 38–39, 317
Death, 21, 55, 196, 266, 269, 280, 281,
324, 325
dead persons, 90, 140, 327. See also
Ancestors; Corpses; Ghosts;
Zombies
human vs. animal death, 216
traits of thinking about, 210–211
understanding, 279
See also Burials/funerals; Mortality;
underChildren; Rituals
Deception, 178, 186
Decoupled cognition, 129–131, 134,
135, 149, 150, 201, 204, 287, 323,
324
Defections.See under Coalitions
De Gaulle, Charles, 91
Demons, 82
Dennett, Daniel, 18
Destiny, 170, 227
Development. See under Children
Diet, 119, 133, 286
Differences, 109, 110, 114–116, 199
between ancestors/gods and people,
156, 158–159
between believers and nonbelievers,
313, 318, 319
about definitions of persons, 217
in doctrines, 266
in early and modern cultures, 322
and the evil eye, 194 [363]
among groups, 252, 265, 287, 288,
322
between humans and animals, 152,
216, 310
between norms and facts, 267
in personality, 170–171
between religious/nonreligious rituals,
256, 259, 260, 330
in viewpoints, 180
Discrimination, 290
Disease, 161–162, 196, 197, 198. See also
Health/illness
Dispositions, 27, 41, 42, 50, 122, 151,
187–188, 206, 216, 234, 249, 310,
321
moral, 171
See also Predispositions;under
Cooperation
Diversity, 293, 322. See also under
Religion
Divination, 69, 139, 278, 307
Divine brutes, 164–165
Division of labor, 271, 272, 282
Doctrines, 265, 266–270, 273, 274,
277–280, 281, 282, 313, 328
doctrinal vs. imagistic modes of
transmission, 284
Dolphins, 126, 183
Dominance/domination, 290, 295, 296INDEX