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. 2011 Jan 12;278(1717):2519–2527. doi: 10.1098/rspb.2010.2504

Table 1.

Effect of fertility on the evolution of religion and genes. This table illustrates how differential fertility affects social and genetic evolution. The table assumes that Inline graphic. All trajectories begin at the point Inline graphic.

generations elapsed
differential fertility 0 10 20 100 500
cr/cn share of population who are religious = pr
3.0 0.005 0.500 0.545 0.552 0.552 0.552
2.0 0.005 0.143 0.347 0.406 0.406 0.406
1.5 0.005 0.026 0.035 0.135 0.147 0.147
1.3 0.005 0.014 0.014 0.014 0.024 0.038
1.1 0.005 0.009 0.009 0.009 0.009 0.017
cr/cn frequency of religiosity allele R = pR
3.0 0.005 0.782 0.955 1.000 1.000 1.000
2.0 0.005 0.226 0.754 1.000 1.000 1.000
1.5 0.005 0.034 0.076 0.905 1.000 1.000
1.3 0.005 0.015 0.019 0.038 0.414 1.000
1.1 0.005 0.007 0.007 0.008 0.011 1.000