Supernatural punishment, in-group biases, and material insecurity: experiments and ethnography from Yasawa, Fiji
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Supernatural punishment, in-group biases, and material insecurity: experiments and ethnography from Yasawa, Fiji Rita Anne McNamara, Ara Norenzayan & Joseph Henrich To cite this article: Rita Anne McNamara, Ara Norenzayan & Joseph Henrich (2016) Supernatural punishment, in-group biases, and material insecurity: experiments and ethnography from Yasawa, Fiji, Religion, Brain & Behavior, 6:1, 34-55, DOI: 10.1080/2153599X.2014.921235 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2014.921235
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