Note 1116 — IX THE REGULATION OF NUMBERS AMONG PRIMITIVE RACES

Some authors have assumed without producing any evidence that these practices—especially infanticide—have increased, if they have not been initiated, after contact with Europeans. It is, therefore, of interest to note that according to Rivers there is definite genealogical evidence from Tikopia of the disappearance of infanticide (Melanesian Society, vol. i, p. 352).