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Human pregnancy is not an evolutionary marvel. It brings disproportionately more suffering and is more dangerous to the mother than in other species.
by yakubin 5y ago
Human pregnancy is not an evolutionary marvel. It brings disproportionately more suffering and is more dangerous to the mother than in other species.
- taneq 5y agoAll worth it for those extra few CCs of brain!
- robotresearcher 5y agoNever forget which organ is telling you this.
- samus 5y agoThe size of the woman's pelvis actually restricts further evolutionary brain growth. Babies being unable to be born because of too big heads fits the very definition of an evolutionary deadend. Marsupials and eggs don't have that restriction (pun intended).
- hypertele-Xii 5y agoFortunately we can now bypass this dead end with cesarean section.