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> * Reasons why their population didn't explode despite lack of contraceptives (no crops --> no e.g. maize that can be turned into mash for kids --> kids breast
by geezerjay 9y ago
> * Reasons why their population didn't explode despite lack of contraceptives (no crops --> no e.g. maize that can be turned into mash for kids --> kids breastfeed for years longer, which apparently acts as a contraceptive.
Actually, it's far more probable that population were kept low because everyone got killed at a very high rate compared with the rate of reproduction. With no medical care to treat diseases of wounds and with both man and nature invested in killing off people, population growth tends to be kept low.
- donw 9y agoMalnutrition and starvation also have a strong impact on ovulation rate.
- danieltillett 9y agoRead the The Life and Adventures of William Buckley [0] for an understanding of what hunter-gather life was like. No starvation, no disease, lots of children and yet a static population. 0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Buckley_(convict) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Buckley_(convict)
- RoboTeddy 9y agoSystematic anthropologic research over more than a decade (in the case of this particular society), including interviews with everyone about the number of violent killings in the past, disagrees.