Obstetrical dilemma
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Obstetrical dilemma
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The obstetrical dilemma is a hypothesis to explain why humans often require assistance from other humans during childbirth to avoid complications, whereas most non-human primates give birth unassisted with relatively little difficulty. This occurs due to the tight fit of the fetal head to the maternal birth canal, which is additionally convoluted, meaning the head and therefore body of the infant must rotate during childbirth in order to fit, unlike in other, non-upright walking mammals. Consequ
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Hypothesis about human childbirth
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obstetrical_dilemma
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2024-03-26T15:39:54Z
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