Did evolution create a tradeoff between walking upright and childbirth? For my new column I wrote about a new debate about an old ideas. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/30/science/childbirth-evolution-obstetrical-dilemma.html
An Evolutionary Debate on the Risks of Childbirth

Scientists are revisiting an influential theory that the evolution of big brains made human childbirth risky.

The New York Times
@Carl_Zimmer It kind of lost me when there was an unrebutted claimed that human delivery was not particularly dangerous. I used to deliver babies and it sure seemed risky for mother and child alike. I very much appreciated the C-sxn when it was needed.