DIFFERENTIAL FERTILITY AND BODY BUILD IN KUNG-SAN AND KAVANGO FEMALESFROM NORTHERN NAMIBIA

Authors
KIRCHENGAST S WINKLER EM
Citation
S. Kirchengast et Em. Winkler, DIFFERENTIAL FERTILITY AND BODY BUILD IN KUNG-SAN AND KAVANGO FEMALESFROM NORTHERN NAMIBIA, Journal of Biosocial Science, 28(2), 1996, pp. 193-210
Citations number
59
Categorie Soggetti
Social Sciences, Biomedical",Demografy
Journal title
Journal of Biosocial Science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219320
Volume
28
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
193 - 210
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9320(1996)28:2<193:DFABBI>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
The study examines the impact of body build on differential fertility patterns in 93 !Kung San and 85 Kavango females from northern Namibia. In both groups shorter females had more offspring, but also more dead offspring, than taller females. The interaction between body weight a nd fertility was different in both groups and may be due to different nursing behaviour. There was a positive relationship between the typic al pedomorphy and fertility in the !Kung San, and directional selectio n processes may be important.