For decades, one idea has shaped discussions about human evolution and birth: humans endure unusually difficult childbirth ...
Human birth has a reputation for danger. The usual explanation is simple enough: walking upright narrowed the pelvis, while evolution also favored babies with large ...
Learn how 3D models of primate birth canals found that squirrel monkeys, bushbabies, and other small species may face a ...
Human beings are unique among living creatures in being able to alter their own fertility deliberately, imposing their own constantly changing choices and preferences on childbearing. We are now ...
According to a new study, chimpanzees, like humans, must contend with a confined bony birth canal when giving birth. In humans, the problem is exacerbated by our unique form of upright walking, since ...
As the chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Catherine Spong is used to seeing a lot of baby bumps. But through her decades of practice, she’s been ...
The broader message is unsettling and clarifying at once. Human childbirth is risky, but it may not be uniquely risky. Instead, the research suggests that difficult birth is part of a wider mammalian ...
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