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| The branch of anthropology that studies the characteristics of human populations |
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| The rate of births in a population or the rate of population increase in general |
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| The predominant pattern of fertility and mortality in a culture |
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| Foraging Mode of Reproduction |
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- Based on diet and work
- Average woman has between 2-3 births (2 surviving to adulthood)
- Adaptive to environment and sustainable
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| Agricultural Mode of Reproduction |
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- Has highest fertility rate
- Pronatalism (wish for many children) prominent
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| Industrial/Informatics Mode of Reproduction |
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- Decline in reproduction to replacement-level fertility or below-replacement-level fertility
- Children less useful (parents have service jobs, in school)
- Has various population patterns
- Has large population aging
- Has immense involvement in scientific/medical technology
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