[Anthropologic evolution of women's pelvis].
The existence of dystocia in human presents a vexing problem for an evolutionary point of view. Dealing with the great apes and modern human's pelvis evolution, considering the bipedalism and the cerebral growth, the adaptative mechanisms and their obstetrical and social consequences are discussed.
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Service de gynécologie-obstétrique, hôpital Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, 74 à 82, avenue Denfert-Rochereau, 75674 Paris cedex 14, France. cca.mater@svp.ap-hop-paris.fr
Le Meaux
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Chéreau
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D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D000885:Anthropology, Physical; D005075:Biological Evolution; D004420:Dystocia / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D015186:Hominidae / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010388:Pelvis / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000502:physiology*; D011187:Posture; D011247:Pregnancy