Squatting, Pelvic Morphology, and a Reconsideration of Childbirth Difficulties
(2022)
Journal Article
Gorman, J., Roberts, C. A., Newsham, S., & Bentley, G. R. (2022). Squatting, Pelvic Morphology, and a Reconsideration of Childbirth Difficulties. Evolution, Medicine, and Public Health, 10(1), 243-255. https://doi.org/10.1093/emph/eoac017
Childbirth is commonly viewed as difficult in human females, encompassed by the “Obstetrical Dilemma” (OD) described by early palaeoanthropologists as an evolved trade-off between a narrow pelvis necessitated by bipedalism and a large-brained fetal h... Read More about Squatting, Pelvic Morphology, and a Reconsideration of Childbirth Difficulties.