Anthropology.net

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Possible Motivations for Collecting The purpose behind these collections remains speculative, but researchers have proposed several possibilities, including aesthetic appreciation, symbolic representation, and social functions such as gift-giving or reinforcing group identity.

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Anthropology.net

JANUARY 16, 2025

What we’ve found, however, suggests a sophisticated society where maternal ancestry shaped group identity.” Miles Russell, director of the excavation, notes: “The Romans wrote extensively about Britain, but their accounts often painted the people as untamed and exotic.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Even religion and ideology, Colombo argues, often serve as vehicles for ancient survival behaviors, reinforcing group identity and justifying conflict. The drive to secure food and territory manifests in economic competition and resource hoarding. “Fight and flight remain basic behavioral principles,” he writes.

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

The study suggests that children as young as 10 may have worn labrets, and that they may have been tied to group identity, status, or rites of passage. He argues that these dental patterns match those seen in cultures known to wear labrets, a type of piercing that rests against the lower lip or cheeks. Read more

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Anthropology.net

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

The Fire That Binds Beyond its practical applications, fire likely played a critical role in fostering social cohesion among Gravettian groups. Sitting around a fire would have been a time for storytelling, teaching, and reinforcing group identity.

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Political Science Now

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Much of Raquel’s research is motivated by questions of how voters’ various group identities influence their perceptions of politics, and her dissertation uses the cases of Latino and White partisans to examine how racial status threat fuels partisan polarization.

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Political Science Now

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

Her dissertation uses a combination of observational and experimental designs to study how group identities influence the spread and correction of misinformation within online communities in South Korea.

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