lpetrich
Contributor
Looking at the belief that sorcery can be deadly, it was widespread among people with Paleolithic or early Neolithic technology, and it is unlikely that these people started believing that when literate people started documenting them. So this belief is likely as old as our species, meaning that all of our ancestors believed that until recent centuries or millennia.
In fact, sorcery in general is a pseudotechnology that's likely as old as our species.
In fact, sorcery in general is a pseudotechnology that's likely as old as our species.