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Not Your Mother’s Pelvis: Could C-Sections Be Changing the Course of Evolution?

A new study finds that Caesarian sections may be altering the course of human evolution.

Not Your Mother’s Pelvis: Could C-Sections Be Changing the Course of Evolution?
Source: Private files of Kinnari Shah, May 2008

[DIGEST: BBC, IFL, Independent, Gizmodo]

In the world of Downton Abbey, just 100 years ago, death in childbirth was common: about 600 in 100,000 live births. In the United States today, that number is down to about 15 women per 100,000 live births.

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