Who invented religion?

Asking the origin of religion is almost like asking who invented story telling. There are intangible qualities that we possess which define us as human beings. The abilities to empathize and to recognize divinity in ourselves and in our companions enable us as a species to progress and to create. With artistic creation, comes the freedom to expend this sort of indefinable desire for godliness, a connection to the world in which we live. One could argue the invention of religion is synonymous to the birth of the campfire story-a lyrical union drawing people together huddled in the dark, like moths to the flame edging ever closer to the light. People have forever needed to express themselves, hence the formation of language. Religion is a consequence of story and social correlation. It is a vehicle that provides an inherent release of sensation within a community, and a basis on which a group of people can relate to one another; in turn making them feel more secure and less fearful. The invention of religion is not due to a definite time or a definite root, it is a collective evolution of ideas and feelings that has progressed as man has, staying as constant and as reliable as humanity itself. Who invented religion? The potential for it has always been there within our awareness.