Pretransitional population control and equilibrium

Population Studies

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 199-215

  Caldwell, John C ^a   Caldwell, Bruce K ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropology; Fertility; Fertility control; Hunter gatherers; Infanticide; Natural fertility; Population control; Prehistoric demography; Stationary population

Indexed keywords

BIRTH RATE; CHILD MORTALITY; HUNTER-GATHERER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; PREHISTORIC;

EID: 0043270392     PISSN: 00324728     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0032472032000097100     Document Type: Article

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