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Ref ID: 34559
Ref Type: Journal Article
Authors: Pennington, Renee
Title: Did food increase fertility? Evaluation of !Kung and Herero history
Date: 1992
Source: Human Biology
Abstract: The study suggests that the transition to a more sedentary lifestyle indicates more food did not increases fertility for the !Kung, but instead decreased fertility. Fertility patterns remained about the same for the !Kung and the Herero. The reproductive success lies in the success by reducing infant and child mortality rates to levels observed among the Herero.
Date Created: 7/5/2001
Volume: 64
Number: 4
Page Start: 497
Page End: 521