They're only dead because they got to be born first. It's not like modern agriculture reached out and killed them on purpose. Richer mothers are better able to

They're only dead because they got to be born first. It's not like modern agriculture reached out and killed them on purpose. Richer mothers are better able to plan their families and tend to restrict it to a number of kids they can feed. The answer is, and always will be, exponential growth.