An evolutionary interpretation of the significance of physical pain experienced by human females: Defloration and childbirth pains

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 403-409

  Maul, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CHILD WELFARE; CHILDBIRTH; COITUS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEFLORATION PAIN; DELIVERY; EMOTION; EMOTIONALITY; EVOLUTION; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYMEN; HYPOTHESIS; INTIMACY; LABOR PAIN; MIDWIFE; MOTHER; NEWBORN MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; VAGINA BLEEDING;

COITUS; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYMEN; LABOR PAIN; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY;

EID: 34249288695     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2007.01.005     Document Type: Article

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