Proto-religion may refer to:
Religion
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Urreligion'', a notion of an "original" or "oldest" form of religious tradition
*Early stages in the
origin of religion
The evolutionary origin of religions and religious behavior is a field of study related to evolutionary psychology, the origin of language and mythology, and cross-cultural comparison of the anthropology of religion. Some subjects of interes ...
in the course of human evolution
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Paleolithic religion
Paleolithic religions are a set of spiritual beliefs and practices that may have appeared during the Paleolithic time period. Paleoanthropologists Andre Leroi-Gourhan and Annette Michelson believe unmistakably religious behaviour emerged by the ...
, spiritual beliefs thought to have appeared during the Paleolithic time period
Reconstructed proto-religion
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Proto-Indo-European religion, belief system adhered to by the Proto-Indo-Europeans
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Proto-Semitic religion, polytheistic religions of the Semitic peoples
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