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...
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...
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:...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...