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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"Primarily for their expertise in relevant scientific fields" rather than for their institutional or group affiliation.

“首要的应以他们在相关科学领域的专长”而非他们与特定团体的制度性关联为基础。

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We also find an interesting dichotomy in the impact of these shareholders depending on the business group affiliation of firms.

我们也发现这些股东对商业集团从属公司的依赖性的影响有有趣的二分法。

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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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