University of Rhode Island: Anthropology Professor Provides Evolutionary Background to Netflix Episode on Childbirth
February 07, 2020
February 07, 2020
KINGSTON, Rhode Island, Feb. 7 -- The University of Rhode Island issued the following news:
Why hasn't human evolution solved painful childbirth?
In evolving from other early primates, two distinctly human features - big brains and walking upright - have led to difficult childbirth. As the evolutionary tale goes: as we progressed to walk upright, the human pelvis became narrower and the birth canal more complex than other primates. Our chimp and gorilla cousins - w . . .
Why hasn't human evolution solved painful childbirth?
In evolving from other early primates, two distinctly human features - big brains and walking upright - have led to difficult childbirth. As the evolutionary tale goes: as we progressed to walk upright, the human pelvis became narrower and the birth canal more complex than other primates. Our chimp and gorilla cousins - w . . .