Dilemma of the obstetrical dilemma
During the past few years, anthropologists have been questioning the long-held idea that human birth is uniquely risky for mothers and infants because of the...
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The developmental obstetrical dilemma
Alik Huseynov and colleagues have a data-rich paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences examining age-related changes in the human pelvis:...
Link: Biomechanical demands of hip width
Boston University’s research office has a nice article about Kristi Lewton’s research on pelvic biomechanics: “In defense of wide hips”. The piece refers to ...
Birth politics
Alice Roberts writes about the process of childbirth as she awaits her second delivery: “Childbirth: why I take the scientific approach to having a baby”. Th...
The monkey midwife
A new paper describes a case of a monkey mother having her birth assisted by another monkey – in other words, a monkey midwife Ding:midwife:2013. Kambiz Kamr...
Lost pregnancies in geladas after male takeovers
Ed Yong reports on new research from Eila Roberts, with Jacinta Beehner’s research group at the University of Michigan, who was able to show that the rate of...