> What history? Pretty much all of it. Children were the people who would continue to do the work required to gather food once you were too old to do it yourse

> What history? Pretty much all of it. Children were the people who would continue to do the work required to gather food once you were too old to do it yourself. > an extension of the family tree Yes, but why does this matter? > If your statement has any weight many underdeveloped nations would've never had children. No, this argument is exactly why many underdeveloped nations continue to have high birth rates (this and higher child mortality requiring you to have even more kids per adult)