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The thesis examines four classic modes of othering—Human–Animal, Human–Machine, Male–Female, and Heterosexual–Homosexual—and asks whether juxtaposed mechanisms sustaining black-and-white essentialist patterns exist, and how they shape cultural and scientific realities. Using 16 years of UK newspaper archives (1995–2010), the study applies quantitative and qualitative analysis of ambiguity tolerance. Results show shared temporal patterns and a millennial effect of intolerance, with a remarkably stable Male–Female dichotomy.","THE EVOLVING BINARY:  \nPERSPECTIVES ON INFRA-AND ULTRAHUMANISATION  \nKathleen Bryson  \nDepartment of Anthropology, University College London  \nPhD Thesis  \nFebruary 2017  \nI, Kathleen Bryson, confirm that the work presented in this thesis is my own. Where information has been derived from other sources, I confirm that this has been indicated in the thesis.  \nForMom and Dad  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS  \nThank you to Professor Volker Sommer: great supervisor, great friend and great ape. Studying with you has been everything I dreamed the idealised medieval intellectualism of doing a doctorate could be, in that I learned as an apprentice to your mastercraftsman. From one Pan sapiens to another, it has been a privilege to soak up your wisdom (I’m confident you secretly like my “feistiness”) . Great thanks as well tomy second supervisor Dr Christophe Soligo for his steadfast support with my multinomial logistic regressions and equally steadfast sense of humour (sorry we were such a dud bunch of teetotal noses-togrindstone doctoral students; hopefully the next set will be more festive!); great thanks , too , to Drs Gemma Price, Matthew Thomas, Anna Barros, Jeroen Smaers and Lucio Vinicius of UCL for statistical help; Dr Clyde Arcano of King’s College; Chris Hagisavva in the UCL Anthropology Department for the computer support throughout these years; Martin O’Connor, Chris Russell, Paul Carter-Bowman, Yang Man, Keiko Homewood, Diana Goforth, Dan Newcombe and Shanaz Begum for all administrative helpfulness.  \nA very special thanks to my parents Phil and Eileen Bryson for immeasurable support of all types, some of which cannot be quantified and some of which most certainly can be, and I am humble and grateful for all of it. Thank you for having National Geographics always lying around the house to pique my interest in evolution. This thesis is dedicated to both of you.  \nThanks too to my brother David (particularly for installing necessary programs on my latest computer), my brother Patrick, sister Karin and in-laws Ronette, Rob and Hyun-Mi for warm-hearted support; if we got to choose our families, you’d still all be my first choice. Special gratitude, Dad, to you with your mechanical heart-valve that lasted 49 strong years – and to the research dogs in the late 1950s and early 1960s who gave their lives so that you (and, by extension, we) could live; and for your inspiring interest in genealogical roots, history and evolutionary science. A wondrous thank you, with apologies to Woody Harrelson, to my goddess septetra: thank you, Mom, for ever-cheerful late-night pep talks that kept me ticking (my time zone)– your adventurousness and optimism has made our lives so exciting and so wonderful; thank you, sweet Karin, for always checking in; thank you, Venetia, for always being there forme; thank you, Sarah, for regular magic frogs by Royal Mail; thanks for bread and roses, cousin Rosie; thanks for the constant communication, Hélène and Claire! I lucked out in regards to families both biological and “fictional”; I know it.  \nThank you to my dear friends in the UK and abroad who have held my hand throughout this endeavour and inspired me, especially Alanna, Michael, Venetia, Rita, Sarah, Ali, Claire, Richard, Kerri, Carrie, Claudia, Bex , Hélène, Caroline, Kimmo, Chris, Nele, Jessica, Emma T , Conor, David M-M, Iona M-M, Matt, Martin N, Elia, Clive , Liz and Sophie; my dear Aiello Lab friends/labmates Gemma, Els, Katharine, Anna, Aalaa, Josephine, Zewdi, Gonçalo, Annas, Suzy, Shruti, Carole, Ally and Mike; UCL Primate Sexualities Research and Reading Group 2010-2016; Minding Animals 2012; Würzburg Summer School for Animal Studies 2013; Easy Readers Book Group; Hackney & East London Writers’ Circle; Stoke Newington Friends Meeting; my Spindle-and-Loomers; 5 Rhythms dance community; NLAH Mondaymorningers, the 2010-2011 HBE MSc cohort; all UCL ANTH1014 and ANTH7009 undergraduate students 2010-2016, the City Lit Evolutionary Origins of the Great Apes 201","cbCaioiZak94l7bh","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioiZak94l7bh","pdf",11515621,3,1,491,"English","en",105,"# Abstract\n## Research questions\n## Scope and theoretical framing\n## Data and methods\n## Findings","[{\"question\":\"What research questions does the thesis address about dualistic thinking?\",\"answer\":\"The thesis asks whether dichotomous black-and-white (essentialist) cognitive patterns can arise from juxtaposed mechanisms, and how such mechanisms affect cultural and scientific concepts of reality.\"},{\"question\":\"Which four modes of othering are analyzed in the thesis?\",\"answer\":\"The thesis focuses on Human–Animal, Human–Machine, Male–Female, and Heterosexual–Homosexual dichotomies to study how binaries are developed, stabilized, or modified.\"},{\"question\":\"What data and analytical approach are used to measure ambiguity tolerance?\",\"answer\":\"Data come from electronic archives of 16 years of UK newspaper reporting (1995–2010). 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