social structure

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Yet their social structure is fairly malleable, she says, with multiple adult males living in relative harmony within a group; troops also tend to tolerate one another even when their territories overlap.

From Science Magazine

Human DNA gleaned from their surfaces could offer “new insight into cultural practices and social structure in ancient populations,” says evolutionary biologist Beth Shapiro of the University of California, Santa Cruz.

From Science Magazine

Within the research community, I think it's doing a few things: Any study of polarization needs to layer onto that an analysis of social groups and social structures.

From Salon

"They deal with a number of different social issues as well as social structures that perhaps risk confining and restricting life, almost taking freedom away in some cases," he said.

From BBC

The archive, he added, “plays a critical role in countering stereotypes and challenging the social structure in which incarcerated individuals are enmeshed.”

From New York Times