Birth, obstetrics and human evolution

BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1199-1206

  Rosenberg, Karen ^a   Trevathan, Wenda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR; BRAIN SIZE; CHILDBIRTH; DELIVERY; EVOLUTION; GAIT; HOMINID; HUMAN; HUMAN VERSUS ANIMAL COMPARISON; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MIDWIFE; NONHUMAN; OBSTETRICS; OCCIPITAL BONE; PELVIS; PRIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LABOR, OBSTETRIC; OBSTETRIC LABOR COMPLICATIONS; OBSTETRICS; PREGNANCY; PRIMATES;

EID: 0036876570     PISSN: 14700328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-0528.2002.00010.x     Document Type: Review

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