Moralistic gods, supernatural punishment and the expansion of
Letter doi:10.1038/nature16980 Moralistic gods, supernatural punishment and the expansion of human sociality Benjamin Grant Purzycki1, Coren Apicella2, Quentin D. Atkinson3,4, Emma Cohen5,6, Rita Anne McNamara7, Aiyana K. Willard8, Dimitris Xygalatas9,10,11, Ara Norenzayan7 & Joseph Henrich7,12,13 Since the origins of agriculture, the scale of human cooperation and societal complexity has dramatically