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From Us And Them To We

A trait humans share with other creatures is a natural inclination to divide. What separates us from them, though, is our ability to see past that trait to bridge our differences. David Berreby joins us to talk about how scientists are studying the way tribalism works in the brain. His story “Why Do We See So Many Things as ‘Us vs. Them’?” appears in National Geographic magazine.