The practice of skull elongation - to signify group affiliation or social status - dates back 9, 000 years.

头骨人工加长技术，它象征着的是团队内部的隶属关系或社会地位，最早使用于9000年前。

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He commands a large group of irregular fighters with no known government affiliation, and his name, security officials tell me, inspires obedience or fear in villages along the road.

安保公司的管理人员告诉我，公路沿线村庄里的人都害怕和服从他。

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Butin a kinship society such as Somalia, voting takes place not on the merit ofissues but along group lines; one votes according to one's clan affiliation.

但是在一个像索马里这样的亲族社会里，民众不是根据议题本身的优缺点而是根据阵营来投票，根据自己的亲族关系来投票，一位氏族成员总是投票给自己的氏族。

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"In this case we have a Pakistani group that in the past would have targeted Pakistanis or maybe Americans in Afghanistan and now because of its affiliation with al-Qaida says, let me target Americans in New York City."

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So emphasize your joint group affiliation, and he will like the rest of you too.

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There was a great piece in the New Yorker the other day about that remarkable transformation and decisions made about group affiliation trumping policy.

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Don't trust someone because of an affiliation, like a club or a religious group.

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