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Human pregnancy is not an evolutionary marvel. It brings disproportionately more suffering and is more dangerous to the mother than in other species.


All worth it for those extra few CCs of brain!


Never forget which organ is telling you this.


The size of the woman's pelvis actually restricts further evolutionary brain growth. Babies being unable to be born because of too big heads fits the very definition of an evolutionary deadend. Marsupials and eggs don't have that restriction (pun intended).


Fortunately we can now bypass this dead end with cesarean section.




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