Scientists Challenge a Long-Held Belief About Why Human Childbirth Is So Difficult

Childbirth is often described as one of humanity’s defining biological challenges, but new research suggests the story is far ...
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Scientists looked at birth in cows, deer, and dolphins and discovered a hidden pattern

Scientists Looked at Birth in Cows, Deer, and Dolphins and Discovered a Hidden Pattern ...

Human childbirth is not uniquely difficult among mammals

Human childbirth is commonly viewed as uniquely difficult and dangerous. The reason: The combination of bipedalism and large ...
The Atlantic

The Calendar of Human Fertility Is Changing

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 ...
Science Daily

Birth: It's a tight squeeze for chimpanzees, too

According to a new study, chimpanzees, like humans, must contend with a confined bony birth canal when giving birth. In humans, the problem was exacerbated by our unique form of upright walking since ...
New Scientist

Women's pelvises are shrinking – how is that changing childbirth?

Women’s pelvises have become narrower over the past 150 years, according to a study of over 8000 people from three countries. There are many factors at play, but whatever the ultimate cause, it is the ...
Phys.org

Study shows birth is a tight squeeze for chimpanzees, too

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 ...
American Council on Science and Health

From Genesis to Gestation: Rethinking the Difficulty of Birth

For centuries, childbirth’s pain was explained as punishment; more recently, as the evolutionary price of walking upright and ...
EurekAlert!

Birth: It’s a tight squeeze for chimpanzees, too

3D simulation of the birth canal of chimpanzees with (B) the fetal head in a fully extended position, the typical head alignment in apes, and (C) the fetal head in a fully flexed position, the usual ...