Ancient bodies, modern lives : how evolution has shaped women's health
How has bipedalism impacted human childbirth? Do PMS and postpartum depression have specific, maybe even beneficial, functions? These are only two of the many questions that specialists in evolutionary medicine seek to answer, and that anthropologist Wenda Trevathan addresses in Ancient Bodies, Modern Lives. Exploring a range of women's health issues that may be viewed through an evolutionary lens, specifically focusing on reproduction, Trevathan delves into issues such as the medical consequences of early puberty in girls, the impact of migration, culture change, and poverty on reproductive health
1 online resource (269 pages)
9780199750542, 0199750548
609861658
Are we grown up yet?
Vicious cycles
Getting pregnant: why can't everyone just get along?
Staying pregnant
Welcome to the world
The greasy, helpless one-hour old human newborn
Women are defined by their breasts
But women are more than breasts
If reproduction is what it's all about, why does it stop?
What good are old women? quite a lot, thank you
Implications for women's health in the 21st century and preventing the epidemiological collision