Outputs

Publications

White, C., Morales, D., Xygalatas, D., Hernu, M., Mathiassen, A., Ainsworth, A., Geraty, M., Bayindir, N., Robinson, B., & Whitehouse, H. (2024). How shared suffering bonded Britons witnessing the Queen’s funeral. Scientific reports, 14(1), 16620. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-66537-5

Jagiello, R., Heyes, C., & Whitehouse, H. (2022). Tradition and invention: The bifocal stance theory of cultural evolution. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 45, e249. doi:10.1017/S0140525X22000383

Whitehouse, H., François, P., Savage, P. E., Hoyer, D., Feeney, K. C., Cioni, E., … Turchin, P. (2022). Testing the Big Gods hypothesis with global historical data: a review and “retake.” Religion, Brain & Behavior, 13(2), 124–166. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2022.2074085

Turchin, P., Whitehouse, H., Larson, J., Cioni, E., Reddish, J., Hoyer, D., … François, P. (2022). Big Gods and big science: further reflections on theory, data, and analysis. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 13(2), 218–231. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2022.2065354

Turchin, P., Whitehouse, H., Larson, J., Cioni, E., Reddish, J., Hoyer, D., … François, P. (2022). Explaining the rise of moralizing religions: a test of competing hypotheses using the Seshat Databank. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 13(2), 167–194. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2022.2065345

Turchin, P., Whitehouse, H., François, P., Larson, J., & Covey, A. (2023). Introducing a special issue on the role of moralizing gods in the evolution of socio-political complexity. Religion, Brain & Behavior, 13(2), 121–123. https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2023.2197316

Whitehouse, H. (2023, June 20). The Role of Ritual in the Evolution of Social Complexity. Oxford Academic. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198869252.013.49

Larson, J., Whitehouse, H., Francois, P., Hoyer, D., & Turchin, P. (2024). Moralizing Supernatural Punishment and Reward: A Response to Critics. Journal of Cognitive Historiography, 8(1-2), 168-183. https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.25994

Demiroglu, S., White, C., Xygalatas, D. et al. Shared suffering predicts prosocial commitment among Turkish earthquake survivors. Sci Rep 15, 8543 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-90921-4