Primitive Religion as a Premature Stage of Information Evolution

Abstract This paper examines the role of primitive religion as an early stage in the evolution of human information systems, emerging after the discovery of fire and the development of written language. By framing religion as a mechanism of information storage, transmission, and social regulation, the study explores how primitive belief systems functioned as a precursor to philosophy, science, and structured knowledge. Drawing on anthropological, historical, and cognitive perspectives, the paper argues that primitive religion was not merely superstition but an adaptive framework for processing limited information in pre-scientific societies.