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Today, American women bear an average of 2.2 children that live to adulthood. Across most of Europe, women bear even fewer young.

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Helen Fisher
Age: 77
Born: 1947
Born: May 31
Anthropologist
Scientist
Manhattan borough
New York City
Helen Fisher
Helen E Fisher
American
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Adulthood
Women
Fewer
Today
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Average
Children
Across
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Europe

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