Publication: There is an obstetrical dilemma: Misconceptions about the evolution of human childbirth and pelvic form
There is an obstetrical dilemma: Misconceptions about the evolution of human childbirth and pelvic form
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Grunstra, N. D. S., Betti, L., Fischer, B., Haeusler, M., Pavlicev, M., Stansfield, E., Trevathan, W., Webb, N. M., Wells, J. C. K., Rosenberg, K. R., & Mitteroecker, P. (2023). There is an obstetrical dilemma: Misconceptions about the evolution of human childbirth and pelvic form. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 181(4), 535–544. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24802
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Compared to other primates, modern humans face high rates of maternal and neonatal morbidity and mortality during childbirth. Since the early 20th century, this “difficulty” of human parturition has prompted numerous evolutionary explanations, typically assuming antagonistic selective forces acting on maternal and fetal traits, which has been termed the “obstetrical dilemma.” Recently, there has been a growing tendency among some anthropologists to question the difficulty of human childbirth and its evolutionary origin in an antagonis
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- Grunstra, N D S
- Betti, L
- Fischer, B
- Haeusler, M
- Pavlicev, M
- Stansfield, E
- Trevathan, W
- Webb, N M
- Wells, J C K
- Rosenberg, K R
- Mitteroecker, P
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Grunstra, N. D. S., Betti, L., Fischer, B., Haeusler, M., Pavlicev, M., Stansfield, E., Trevathan, W., Webb, N. M., Wells, J. C. K., Rosenberg, K. R., & Mitteroecker, P. (2023). There is an obstetrical dilemma: Misconceptions about the evolution of human childbirth and pelvic form. American Journal of Biological Anthropology, 181(4), 535–544. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajpa.24802
