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| years for a population to doube |
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| number of births necessary to keep a population stable |
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| pressure on resources: negatives such as malnutrition, illness. The source is biological capacity to reproduce faster than the food supply |
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| the killing of an infant or child through practices such as beating, smothering, poisoning, or drowning. |
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| the killing of an infant or child through practices such as food deprevation or failure to seek health care during illness |
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| Sexual activities that result in lowered fertility are common world-wide. Age of marriage+extra-marital sex taboo. Polygny reduces frequency of female coitus. |
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