Renee Pennington
Biographic Data
| ID | 104127 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Renee Pennington |
| GIVEN NAMES | Renee |
| FAMILY NAME | Pennington |
| SIGNATURE | PENNINGTON R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6613-8438 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1988 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The biodemography of human reproduction and fertility
Causes of early human population growth
The archaeological record indicates large increases in human population coincident with the emergence of food production about 10,000 years ago. The cause of the growth is unclear. Extreme views attribute the change to increases in the birth rate or to decreases in the death rate. Many argue that sedentism led to improved ovarian function and higher fertility through higher caloric intakes or reduced activity levels. Similarly, shortened lactatio…
Infertility in Herero pastoralists of southern Africa
Transition from low to high rates of fertility among Herero pastoralists of the northern Kalahari of Botswana is examined. Total fertility rates have increased from 2.65 in the first half of this century to 7.02 in the last decade, while postreproductive women report having had only 3.47 births. We use an indirect estimator of the fertility of mothers to show that the Herero have been afflicted with abnormally low fertility since early in this ce…
Effect of infertility on the population structure of the Herero and Mbanderu of southern Africa
Analysis of the fertility of Herero and Mbanderu pastoralists of the northern Kalahari Desert of Botswana indicates that they have suffered from infertility. The smoothed population pyramid constructed from a recent census shows waves of births occurring about every 22 years. Since generation times in human populations are typically longer, we suggest that infertility is responsible for prematurely terminating the reproductive spans of women, res…
Herero households
Mitochondrial DNA sequences in single hairs from a southern African population.
Hypervariable parts of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) were amplified enzymatically and sequenced directly by using genomic DNA from single plucked human hairs. This method has been applied to study mtDNA sequence variation among 15 members of the !Kung population. A genealogical tree relating these aboriginal, Khoisan-speaking southern Africans to 68 other humans and to one chimpanzee has the deepest branches occurring amongst the !Kung, a result cons…
Fitness and fertility among kalahari !Kung
In this paper we develop a model that examines fertility and childhood mortality patterns and their relationship to environmental variables. Interactions among environmental variables can account for different fertility patterns and different mixes of these variables can produce similar patterns of fertility. Our model attempts to quantify the idea that there is a trade‐off between producing a few children likely to survive to reproductive age an…
Fitness and fertility among kalahari !Kung
In this paper we develop a model that examines fertility and childhood mortality patterns and their relationship to environmental variables. Interactions among environmental variables can account for different fertility patterns and different mixes of these variables can produce similar patterns of fertility. Our model attempts to quantify the idea that there is a trade‐off between producing a few children likely to survive to reproductive age an…
Fitness and fertility among kalahari !Kung
In this paper we develop a model that examines fertility and childhood mortality patterns and their relationship to environmental variables. Interactions among environmental variables can account for different fertility patterns and different mixes of these variables can produce similar patterns of fertility. Our model attempts to quantify the idea that there is a trade‐off between producing a few children likely to survive to reproductive age an…
Mitochondrial DNA sequences in single hairs from a southern African population.
Hypervariable parts of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) were amplified enzymatically and sequenced directly by using genomic DNA from single plucked human hairs. This method has been applied to study mtDNA sequence variation among 15 members of the !Kung population. A genealogical tree relating these aboriginal, Khoisan-speaking southern Africans to 68 other humans and to one chimpanzee has the deepest branches occurring amongst the !Kung, a result cons…
Herero households
Infertility in Herero pastoralists of southern Africa
Transition from low to high rates of fertility among Herero pastoralists of the northern Kalahari of Botswana is examined. Total fertility rates have increased from 2.65 in the first half of this century to 7.02 in the last decade, while postreproductive women report having had only 3.47 births. We use an indirect estimator of the fertility of mothers to show that the Herero have been afflicted with abnormally low fertility since early in this ce…
Effect of infertility on the population structure of the Herero and Mbanderu of southern Africa
Analysis of the fertility of Herero and Mbanderu pastoralists of the northern Kalahari Desert of Botswana indicates that they have suffered from infertility. The smoothed population pyramid constructed from a recent census shows waves of births occurring about every 22 years. Since generation times in human populations are typically longer, we suggest that infertility is responsible for prematurely terminating the reproductive spans of women, res…
Causes of early human population growth
The archaeological record indicates large increases in human population coincident with the emergence of food production about 10,000 years ago. The cause of the growth is unclear. Extreme views attribute the change to increases in the birth rate or to decreases in the death rate. Many argue that sedentism led to improved ovarian function and higher fertility through higher caloric intakes or reduced activity levels. Similarly, shortened lactatio…
The biodemography of human reproduction and fertility
Biology (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Geography (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (3 works) · Fertility (3 works) · Pregnancy (3 works) · Socioeconomics (3 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (2 works)