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Childbirth

from Part III - Prenatal development and the newborn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 October 2017

Brian Hopkins
Affiliation:
Lancaster University
Elena Geangu
Affiliation:
Lancaster University
Sally Linkenauger
Affiliation:
Lancaster University
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Further reading

Rosenberg, K.R., & Trevathan, W.R. (2001). The evolution of human birth. Scientific American, 285, 7277.Google Scholar
Trevathan, W.R. (2011) Human birth: An evolutionary perspective. New York, NY: Aldine De Gruyter.Google Scholar
Trevathan, W.R., & Rosenberg, K.R. (Eds.). (2016). Costly and cute: Helpless infants and human evolution. Santa Fe, NM: School for Advanced Research.Google Scholar

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