This paper illustrates evolutionary approaches to population issues. Life history theory is a
general theoretical framework that incorporates environmental influences, contextual …

This volume challenges the orthodox position on two of the main themes in fertility transition
studies: the inevitable link between fewer children and quality of life and the focus on …

Total fertility rates fell to previously unseen levels in a large number of countries beginning
in the early 1990s. The persistence of TFRs below 1.3 raised the possibility of rapid …

First, we want to define what we mean by “Human Reproductive Ecology” and what we saw
as the impetus for this meeting. Following the dictionary and several of our proposal …

The ongoing transition to low fertility is, alongside the long-term expansion of life
expectancy, the key force reshaping populations around the world. It has sweeping …

Disparities in reproductive behavior visible in the developed world are a long‐term
implication of the demographic transition. While present at the very outset of the transition …

Conventional theories have little to say about the level at which fertility will stabilize at the
end of the demographic transition. It is often assumed or implied that replacement fertility of …

Low fertility in modern societies challenges evolutionary social scientists. A comparative
analysis of less developed countries investigated various possible predictors of low fertility …

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Fertility has declined very markedly in the majority of developing countries over the past 30
to 40 years, and it continues to decline almost everywhere. As a result, fertility has reached …