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CATEGORIES:Cambridge Reproduction
SUMMARY:Cambridge Reading Group on Reproduction  - Speaker
  to be confirmed
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UID:TALK216862AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/216862
DESCRIPTION:A classic model in anthropology is the obstetric d
 ilemma: because of opposing evolutionary pressures
  on the human pelvis for walking upright and givin
 g birth to large brained infants\, human childbirt
 h must necessarily be dangerous and difficult. In 
 recent years\, this widely accepted explanation ha
 s been challenged from multiple directions: is a n
 arrow pelvis necessary for efficient walking? What
  is the role of developmental plasticity in shapin
 g the pelvis and how does this play into the dilem
 ma? Surely successful childbirth is at the front l
 ine of natural selection\, so why has the ‘dilemma
 ’ not been resolved? This reading gives an overvie
 w of some of these debates\, and considers their r
 eal-world implications\, including how cultural tr
 ends both shape narratives about women’s bodies\, 
 and how this might impact childbirth and the treat
 ment of mothers and their babies today.\n\nTo regi
 ster for the Reading Group visit https://www.repro
 .cam.ac.uk/events/cambridge-reading-group-reproduc
 tion
LOCATION:Room 78\, Anatomy Building\, Downing site\, Cambri
 dge
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