title: Seasonal breeding in humans: birth records of the Labrador Eskimo.
abstract: Moravian missionaries recorded all births in two Eskimo communities in northern Labrador from 1778 to 1940. These records demonstrate an annual cycle in births characterized by a peak in March, a trough in June, with an amplitude of 80%; they agree with previous observations on seasonal breeding among the Eskimo made by early Arctic explorers.
mesh_terms: D001723:Birth Rate; D003075:Coitus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D004930:Inuit; D008297:Male; D009523:Newfoundland and Labrador; D011247:Pregnancy; D012621:Seasons