# An op-ed by Prof. Jonathan Haidt on how humans became religious

1 Faculty News March 27, 2012 ![TIME logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/uat_025660.jpg?itok=PFxttUnQ)>

Excerpt from [TIME](http://ideas.time.com/2012/03/27/have-we-evolved-to-be-religious/?xid=gonewsedit) -- "If the human capacity for self-transcendence is an evolutionary adaptation, then the implications are profound. It suggests that religiosity may be a deep part of human nature."

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