The Oldest Religion in the World: The Origin of Belief

Are you ready to travel back many thousands of years in time, to before the time of farming, before temples were built for worship, before gods were personified, in fact before there were gods. In this video we will journey back to see if we can see how religion was formed, and what beliefs made it all happen. ► Video References (Descriptions contain further references): The Creation Myths of the Near East: The Oldest Creation Myth: The Origins of Genesis: The Origins of the Flood Myth: The True History of Dragons: ► References specifically for this videos new content: Sala, N. et al. 2022. Taphonomic-forensic analysis of the hominin skulls from the Sima de los Huesos. The Anatomical Record. Bacon, B. et al. 2023. An Upper Palaeolithic Proto-writing System and Phenological Calendar. Cambridge University Press. Berger, L. et al. 2023. Evidence for deliberate burial of the dead by Homo naledi. bioRxiv. Martinón-Torres, M. 2021. Earliest known human burial in Africa. Nature, 593, 95-100. Lbova, L. 2021. The Siberian Paleolithic site of Mal’ta: a unique source for the study of childhood archaeology. Cambridge University Press. Rasmussen, M. 2014. The genome of a Late Pleistocene human from a Clovis burial site in western Montana. Nature, 506, 225-229. Becerra-Valdiva, L. 2018. Reassessing the chronology of the archaeological site of Anzick. PNAS, 155. Patreon: ► Join the Patreon: » ► Mythology Database: » Podcast Link ► Spotify: Link will be posted soon Social Media: ► Twitter: ► Instagram: ► Facebook Fan Page: Contact: ► Send Mail to: » hello@ ► Business enquires: » biz@ (Business Inquiries ONLY) Chapters ----------------------- 0:00 Introduction 3:58 Origins of the Abrahamic Religions 12:00 Origins of Religions from Mesopotamia and the Near East 20:23 Origins of Egyptian Religion 23:49 Origins of the Indo-European Religions 33:29 Origin of Buddhism 34:10 The Catalyst for Modern Religion 43:09 From Nomads to Settlers 52:20 Hunter-Gatherers 57:56 Animism and Shamanism 1:00:44 Pre-Historic Art 1:07:30 Burial Rituals 1:14:07 Other Archaeological Evidence 1:17:26 Evidence from Mythology 1:25:10 Our Earliest Beliefs 1:30:51 Reviewing the Evidence for the Earliest Beliefs 1:41:19 The Findings and Conclusion