There is a very large difference between was and is, here. Human childbirth at this point is almost certainly a result of positive selection, not an “evolutiona

There is a very large difference between was and is, here. Human childbirth at this point is almost certainly a result of positive selection, not an “evolutionary accident.” A “difficult birth process” has been played up in popular media. In the vast majority of cases, childbirth successfully exits a child, and also preserves the mother. There is some evidence that the mechanics of this process were better before early Western medicine’s gynecological “expertise”. The whole thing stems from inaccurate, sexist attempts from the 20th century to explain why women are generally athletically not as capable as men.