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The obstetrical dilemma hypothesis: there's life in the old dog yet

The term ‘obstetrical dilemma’ was coined by Washburn in 1960 to describe the trade‐off between selection for a larger birth canal, permitting successful passage of a big‐brained human neonate, and the smaller pelvic dimensions required for bipedal locomotion. His suggested solution to these antagon...

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Autores principales: Haeusler, Martin, Grunstra, Nicole D.S., Martin, Robert D., Krenn, Viktoria A., Fornai, Cinzia, Webb, Nicole M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8518115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34013651
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/brv.12744