Why are families getting smaller?

The current decline in family size seems to contradict the Darwinian model of inclusive fitness but it can be explained as a tradeoff between the cost of bringing up children and the number of children in a family.

An episode of the Evolution and the human family - Audio podcast, hosted by The Open University, titled "Why are families getting smaller?" was published on April 1, 2010 and runs 7 minutes.

April 1, 2010 ·7m · Evolution and the human family - Audio

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The current decline in family size seems to contradict the Darwinian model of inclusive fitness but it can be explained as a tradeoff between the cost of bringing up children and the number of children in a family.

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The current decline in family size seems to contradict the Darwinian model of inclusive fitness but it can be explained as a tradeoff between the cost of bringing up children and the number of children in a family.

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