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Exam 2
Chapters 5,7,8,9
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Anthropology
Undergraduate 2
02/25/2008

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Doubling rate
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years for a population to doube
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Replacement rate 
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number of births necessary to keep a population stable
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population pressure
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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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Direct infanticide
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the killing of an infant or child through practices such as beating, smothering, poisoning, or drowning.
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indirect infanticide
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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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systematic infanticide 
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lactational amenorrhea
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coital scheduling
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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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demographic transition
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