Editing Infanticide (section)

====Peru, Paraguay and Bolivia====
While ''[[qhapaq hucha]]'' was practiced in the [[Peru]]vian large cities, child sacrifice in the pre-Columbian tribes of the region is less documented. However, even today studies on the [[Aymara people|Aymara]] Indians reveal high incidences of mortality among the newborn, especially female deaths, suggesting infanticide.<ref>{{cite journal | last = de Meer| first = Kees|author2=Roland Bergman |author3=John S. Kushner| title = Socio-cultural determinations of child mortality in Southern Peru: including some methodological considerations | journal = Social Science and Medicine | volume = 36| issue = 3| pages = 317–318|year = 1993| doi=10.1016/0277-9536(93)90016-w| pmid = 8426976}}</ref> The [[Abipones]], a small tribe of [[Guaycuru peoples|Guaycuruan]] stock, of about 5,000 by the end of the 18th century in [[Paraguay]], practiced systematic infanticide; with never more than two children being reared in one family. The Machigenga killed their disabled children. Infanticide among the [[Chaco (tribe)|Chaco]] in Paraguay was estimated as high as 50% of all newborns in that tribe, who were usually buried.<ref>{{Cite book| last=Hastings |first=James| author-link=James Hastings| title=Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics |publisher=Scribner's Sons|year=1955| location=New York| volume=I| page=6 |title-link=Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics}}</ref> The infanticidal custom had such roots among the [[Ayoreo]] in [[Bolivia]] and Paraguay that it persisted until the late 20th century.<ref>{{Cite book| last1=Bugos| first1=Paul E.| first2=Lorraine M.| last2=McCarthy| contribution=Ayoreo infanticide: a case study| editor-last=Hausfater| editor-first=Glenn| editor-last2=Hrdy| editor-first2=Sarah Blaffer| editor-link2=Sarah Blaffer Hrdy| title=Infanticide, Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives| page=510| publisher=Aldine| place=New York| year=1984}}</ref>