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You make a good point that too many current humans have the same problem, or lack motivation, but the silver platter/out of touch barb wasn't necessary. > bang
by throwaway_pdp09 7y ago
You make a good point that too many current humans have the same problem, or lack motivation, but the silver platter/out of touch barb wasn't necessary.
> banging out kids at an unbelievable rate
That's not actually helpful. Some stats would be good. I did a quick search for number of offspring for the yanomami but found nothing.
- lolc 7y agoI remember this little theory where in some ancient cultures children would be weaned around age six and the mothers would only become fertile again after that. I'm not sure how established the mechanicas are, but the theory says that hormonal pathways where breastfeeding causes infertility are activated by scant nutrition. It sounds like an effective way to adjust births to the available resources.
- throwaway_pdp09 7y agoI've heard the breastfeeding thing. Quick search gets https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breastfeeding_and_fertility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breastfeeding_and_fertility The nutrition thing is an added twist I've not heard of but sounds very plausible.
- zxcmx 7y agoBreastfeeding does reduce odds of conception but it doesn't really last more than a year. Plenty of people get pregnant while breastfeeding. I dunno, original poster mentioned scant nutrition being a condition for an extended effect so mayyyybe, seems like it would not be very hard to study today.