Bipedalism and Parturition: an Evolutionary Imperative for Cesarean Delivery?

Clinics in Perinatology

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 469-478

  Weiner, Stuart ^a   Monge, Janet ^b   Mann, Alan ^c  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bipedalism; Cesarean delivery; Evolution; Partuition

Indexed keywords

BIPEDALISM; BIRTH; BRAIN SIZE; CESAREAN SECTION; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ANTHROPOLOGY, PHYSICAL; CEPHALOPELVIC DISPROPORTION; CESAREAN SECTION; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; PARTURITION; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; SKULL; WALKING;

EID: 54149109951     PISSN: 00955108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clp.2008.06.003     Document Type: Review

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