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