Fascinating Stuff!
I wonder if, knowing how in control one can be of large groups via 'invisible powers' or 'divine knowledge', the evolution science and of religion were not highly likely preserves of human evolution ? That is to say, unless one were not a follower of large groups of humans who enjoyed the support of the masses, one were likely to be overthrown and wiped out by them, thus preserving their philosophies and beliefs through successive generations!
And so today we have beliefs which have successfully evolved as 'parasites' of group belief via humans best placed for surviving.
A sort of evolution of what can be shown to exist alongside an evolution of what cannot!