In a message dated 8/4/99 10:43:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
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> Hey, why hasn't anyone mentioned the role that breastfeeding (or the
> lack thereof) has played? What about the decline in breastfeeding
> (not only in this century, but in previous centuries as well) and its
> impact on fertility and family size? Besides diet, what about the
> average length of time that a !kung woman breastfeeds each child, and
> its effect on child spacing?
I think Deanna has bingo...
Anna