Mary K. Shenk – Why Does Fertility Decline? Comparing Evolutionary Models of the Demographic Transition
Mary K. Shenk: University of Missouri Department of AnthropologyEvolutionary anthropologists have given significant attention to the global phenomenon of the demographic transition, especially the remarkable decreases in fertility that characterize it. The literature is crowded with competing theories and sub-theories, and scholars often call for more comprehensive, better-controlled studies that would allow us to distinguish […]