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January 10, 2012 – IN THE NEWS: Susan Pfeiffer finds evidence of ancient childbirth trauma

Jan 10, 2012 01:15 PM


Susan Pfeiffer of the anthropology department explains that trauma from childbirth has been experienced for almost 4 million years. A stress injury found on a South African 2,000-year-old female skeleton's pelvis suggests too-small birth canal as the cause.

 

Full article at New Scientist.