Religious beliefs are evident in all known contemporary cultures. They can be inferred from artifacts found associated with Homo sapiens, at least since Neanderthal times. Artifacts found in Neanderthal graves suggest that the early people believed in an afterlife. Sculptures of females with ample secondary sex characteristics – which may have been fertility charms- have been found at widely, separated archaeological sites. Besides, cave paintings in which the predominant images are animals of the hunt may reflect a belief that the images had some power over events. Anthropologists have theorized that early humans thought their hunting could be made more successful if they drew images depicting good luck in hunting.
The existence of prehistoric religion may be assumed. There is evidence of the universal of religion on historic times. As early as the 5th century B.C, Herodotus made objective comparisons between the religions of the fifty or so societies he traveled to from his home in Greece. He noticed many similarities among their Gods and pointed out evident to diffusion of religion worship.
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