Timeline for Why do humans require assistance in childbirth so frequently?
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| Jun 26, 2015 at 9:48 | comment | added | Remco | And, being this intelligent and social means we can give assistance to women giving birth. We can even train specialist individuals who do that all the time. I don't know of other animals that've managed that. | |
| Aug 28, 2013 at 9:53 | vote | accept | dhilipsiva | ||
| Aug 26, 2013 at 18:57 | comment | added | KeithS | That's the biggest thing; we evolved (or were created as you prefer) to be able to outthink all of God's other creatures, most of which are heavier, faster, and/or better armed than we are. But, that bigger brain means a bigger head, meaning more difficulty getting out of the birth canal, and it also means that human babies are among the most helpless for the longest of the entire animal kingdom, while their primary advantage - their brain - develops. Most other animals are mobile within weeks, if not days or even hours, while a human baby doesn't even roll over on its own for months. | |
| Aug 19, 2013 at 21:30 | history | answered | Rory Alsop♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |