August 13, 2024
During and directly after wartime, the boy/girl ratio of newborns skews more toward boys. This effect has been noticed as early as the 1700s, when it was theorized that a divine power was replacing men killed during war. Noticing this effect after the two World Wars, scientists have developed more plausible, but competing, theories.
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