Re: [tied] The "lost" Slavic homeland

ehlsmith wrote:

>
> Alex,
> I believe you are disregarding a very strong tendency of any
> agricultural group existing at a subsistence level to expand whenever
> given the opportunity, because they usually have a reproduction rate
> higher than the carrying capacity of the land (i.e. the danger many
> individuals face is starvation, even if the whole community as a
> group is not in danger of starvation.) Normally this is kept in
> equilibrium by the presence of competing groups also needing land.>
> Ned Smith

I admit the strong tendency to expand in every segment of life, but the
equilibrum is almost allways there.

alex