Precolonial Evidence of Moralizing Gods (IMAGE) Complexity Science Hub Caption Locations of the 30 sampled regions labelled according to precolonial evidence of moralizing gods. The area of each circle is proportional to social complexity of the earliest polity with moralizing gods to occupy the region or the latest precolonial polity for regions without precolonial moralizing gods. The numbers indicate the date of earliest evidence of such beliefs in thousands of years ago. The circles are colored by type of moralizing gods. Credit (c) the authors of the paper Usage Restrictions Name the specific <em>Nature</em> paper as source of the image. License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.