> On Behalf Of Nick Arnett > > On 7/29/06, Brother John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > We ourselves used to be > > an enormously fertile and prolific people. Our ascendancy over the > > Native Americans who were here before us is as much a factor of the > > difference in our relative birthrates as anything else. > > > Cite, please. Seems to me that the death rate among the > indigenous people had a whole lot more to do with it.
Jared Diamond talks about this in _Guns, Germs and Steal_. A more agricultural society can sustain a higher birthrate than a nomadic one. Also, Western European crops had many more calories per pound than those the Native Americans gathered/cultivated. - jmh _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
