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CAMBRIDGE – A hugely pregnant woman teetering along is actually a sublime feat of evolutionary engineering – ages of adaptations have gone into her backbone to make sure she doesn’t fall on her face, scientists say.<\/p>\n
Women’s spines have evolved differently from men’s to better carry the weight and awkward proportions of pregnancy, according to research being published today by the journal Nature.<\/p>\n
from the Boston Globe<\/a><\/p>\n We have always wondered about that….Actually, we thought it more logical if evolution had put the necessary equiptment on her back, like a backpack or papoose, like all intelligent cultures do with babies once they come out. Easier to carry the weight,\u00a0 sleep and use a computer.<\/p>\n One more piece of evidence that God is a man, and is responsible for other forms of female torture\u00a0 like high heel shoes and foot bindings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" CAMBRIDGE – A hugely pregnant woman teetering along is actually a sublime feat of evolutionary engineering – ages of adaptations have gone into her backbone to make sure she doesn’t fall on her face, scientists say. Women’s spines have evolved … Continue reading