Sijie Hu confirms marital fertility was moderate in Qing China 1620-1900. No clear evidence of early stopping or longer spacing implying an absence of conscious fertility control. Still, cultural practices eg polygyny lowered marital fertility. Based on new data for 7767 women in 5 lineages. Open access in Asia-Pacific Econ His Rev @apehr
https://doi.org/10.1111/aehr.12269
@demography @econhist @sociology @politicalscience @anthropology @geography #history #histodons #China #Qing #fertility #polygyny

#Reproductive #inequality in #humans and other #mammals

#OpenAccess

"Data from 90 human societies & 49 mammalian species. Humans exhibit lower average sex differences in reproductive inequality than do most other mammals, while falling within the mammalian range. These small sex differences in #ReproductiveSkew are due to institutions supporting #monogamy, to a limited intensity of #polygyny and especially to heavy dependence of children on #care from both parents"

https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2220124120

#agedisparity #marriage #polygyny #honorculture #mediterranean #africa #americas

1 man + 1 woman = marriage ✅
1 man + 2 or more women = marriage ✅✅
#man #woman #men #women #marriage #polygyny #patriarchy

One thing I've wondering for a long time but haven't been able to find an answer with my duckduckgoing skills: is newborn gender distribution even also in polygynys species? Male gorillas have harems but do male and female gorillas born in equal numbers? What about chickens?
#biology #harem #polygyny #genderdistribution

One thing I've wondering for a long time but haven't been able to find an answer with my duckduckgoing skills: is newborn sex distribution even also in polygynys species? Male gorillas have harems but do male and female gorillas born in equal numbers? What about chickens?
#biology #harem #polygyny #sexdistribution