Primate pelvic anatomy and implications for birth

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1663, 2015, Pages

  Trevathan, Wenda ^a  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth; Evolution; Obstetric dilemma; Pelvis; Primate

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; BIPEDALISM; EVOLUTIONARY THEORY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; NEONATE; PRIMATE;

MAMMALIA; PRIMATES;

ADAPTATION; ANATOMY AND HISTOLOGY; ANIMAL; BIRTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTORY; HUMAN; MIDWIFE; PELVIS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; PRIMATE; PROCEDURES; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ADAPTATION, BIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; LABOR PRESENTATION; MIDWIFERY; PARTURITION; PELVIS; PREGNANCY; PRIMATES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84922326952     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2014.0065     Document Type: Article

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