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Showing 1 to 2 of 2 for “"obstetric dilemma"”.
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Bringing to bear: A biosocial examination of the developmental origins of the obstetric dilemma.
… birth canal in humans. This is known as the obstetric dilemma (OD). More recent work has complicated the OD and pointed to ecologic context as an influence on pelvic dimensions, suggesting that the mismatch between the maternal birth canal and the size of the human infant may have arisen with …
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The role of modularity and integration in shaping primate pelvic girdle evolution
… for the functional hypothesis (locomotion-obstetrics). This suggests that the bony birth canal may vary and evolve relatively independently from the rest of the pelvis shape, alleviating the obstetric dilemma. Overall, this study demonstrates that the modularity pattern of the primate …