Birth, obstetrics and human evolution

Karen Rosenberg,

Karen Rosenberg

Department of Anthropology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716-2510, USA

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Wenda Trevathan,

Wenda Trevathan

Department of Anthropology and Sociology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-0001, USA

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Karen Rosenberg,

Karen Rosenberg

Department of Anthropology, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716-2510, USA

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Wenda Trevathan,

Wenda Trevathan

Department of Anthropology and Sociology, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-0001, USA

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First published: 22 December 2003

https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1471-0528.2002.00010.x

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