@SunshineMarySSM Age at First Reproduction fell slowly from mid- to early 20s over centuries during settlement of US & Canada
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@SunshineMarySSM Milot http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2011/09/28/1104210108 … finds a decline from 26 to 22, likely slow-life-history folks getting replaced by rabbits ;)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing 1. You don't have a full text source for that article, do you? It looks really interesting! Does the lowered AFR come with1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing 2. a lowered age of marriage (I'm assuming it does)? Also, this contradicts sources I've read for the colonial years in the2 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
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@sarahdoingthing 3. U.S., when age of first marriage was reported for women to be early 20s.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@SunshineMarySSM age at *marriage* dropped suddenly, but age at having the first child took centuries to drop that far1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@SunshineMarySSM so the strange idea is that e.g. 16th century French peasant teenagers/early 20s women actually weren't fertile!2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@SunshineMarySSM which I know is crazy - I've been trying to sort out menarche, genetics, AFR, and fertility for days haha1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing 1. Do you have a blog where you'll post your thoughts on this? I find it both interesting and relevant to discussion about2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
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@sarahdoingthing 2. social policy. (Nota bene: I advocate youngish marriage (18-22) to young Christian women.)1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@SunshineMarySSM I think that's completely reasonable - just important to be aware of pathologies of societies with super low marriage age
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@SunshineMarySSM (and late marriage - in the old context, not ours - might be part of what made Western Europe so awesome)0 replies 0 retweets 1 likeThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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