I hear of women in my community and across the world either having stillbirths or dying during the process of birth all the time. Why?
How can a dog or a cow give birth in the dirt and turn out fine, but if humans did the same, the mom/infant have a higher chance of dying? How can baby mice, who are similar to human babies (naked, gross, blind), survive the “newborn phase”?
And why are babies so big but useless? I understand that babies have evolved to have a soft skull to accommodate their big brain, but why don’t they have the strength to keep their head up?
In: Biology
We have big brains but small pelvises. That makes birth more painful and riskier than in other species. [head size relative to pelvic opening across primates](https://www.researchgate.net/figure/The-relationship-between-the-size-of-the-maternal-pelvic-inlet-and-the-size-of-the_fig2_11017978)
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