Human Nature as a Product of Evolutionary Memory: A Survival-Based Framework for Morality, Culture, and Religion

For millennia, philosophers, theologians, and scientists have debated the origin of morality, the purpose of religion, and the structure of human nature. Traditional explanations—whether divine command or rational morality—fail to unify these domains under a single principle. This paper presents a unifying hypothesis: that all human social structures—morality, emotion, culture, and religion—are extended functions of a single biological imperative: survival.