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#555 Karen Kramer: Life History, Parenting, Population Growth, Dipersals, and Mating Systems

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Is Tin Motherhood Supported in Traditional Societies?

In traditional societies, the average human age at first birth is 19 and a half. There's lots of social support for motherhood in these non-industrialised countries. Women who gave birth younger than that had a four times higher probability of losing their baby. But girls that waited until they were 20 or 21 had no lower probability of losing theirs.

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