Retraction
Complex societies precede moralizing gods throughout world history
Paper Information
Record ID:
30531
Author(s):
Journal:
Publication Date:
March 20, 2019
Retraction Date:
July 06, 2021
(4.4 years years ago)
Institutions:
- Centre for the Study of Social Cohesion, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- St Benet’s Hall, Oxford, UK
- Faculty of Environment and Information Studies, Keio University, Fujisawa, Japan
- Human Behaviour & Cultural Evolution Group, Department of Biosciences, University of Exeter, Penryn, UK
- School of Computer Science and Statistics, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland
- Seshat: Global History Databank, Evolution Institute, San Antonio, FL, USA
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders and Department of Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham, UK
- Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
- Department of Modern & Classical Language Studies, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA
- Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- Department of Chinese Language and Culture, Asia-Africa-Institute, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
- Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA
- Complexity Science Hub Vienna, Wien, Austria
Article Type:
Publisher:
Springer - Nature Publishing Group
Open Access:
Yes
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Retraction Details
Retraction Reasons:
Nature of Retraction:
Retraction
Retraction Notice:
10.1038/s41586-021-03656-3Additional Notes:
see also: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03655-4
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Total Citations120
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Quick Stats
Total Citations:
234
Years Since Retraction:
4.4 years
Open Access:
Yes
Last Checked:
Jul 24, 2025