Interview with Karen Rosenberg about the evolution of the human pelvis

John Hawks talks with Professor Karen Rosenberg from the University of Delaware. Rosenberg is an expert in understanding the evolution of the human pelvis. In this interview, she discusses her work examining the role of birth and the birth process in human evolution.

[@zebedee5158]

There's something really cool when you have an expert say 'I don't know and would like to find out'. Been really enjoying the interviews on this channel.

[@Just1Music7]

This video caught my attention because the connection between offspring that is born early and the development of complex social structures in early humans fascinates me. I especially liked that you asked Karen how someone should pursue this field! I will follow her advice! Thanks :)

[@donaburns7912]

Much gratitude to you Dr Hawks for informing ordinary folks like me on the fascinating advances in our understanding of the world and facilitating our introduction to others who share their knowledge as well.

[@arlandoamb6754]

Great video 🤓👍🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@baref1959]

really curious if the pelvis evolved differently from those that stayed in africa as to those that interbred with neanderthal. neanderthal had more brain capacity and thus larger heads at birth? than modern man.

[@jasonwoodford7700]

but what about thefrog mucus ? more bravo

[@ian_b]

Just to post a counterpoint, at least some tribes seem birth as a solitary process; the woman goes out into the jungle to give birth, then when she comes back as considered to have done an unclean thing. No help from others in these cultures.

[@donaburns7912]

jaxxstraw - This is just another example of the fact that a culture needn’t be “civilized” to be misogynistic.

[@dukadarodear2176]

@@donaburns7912
I agree that this withdrawal at birthing time is a cultural trait but calling it misogynistic looks like a function of current a Western feminist culture.
Among the Akha people of Burma/N.W.Thailand twin babies are taboo and are put to death immediately.
Christianity, brought to the region during British times, has effected a big reversal in the practice even within the non-Christian majority but it still survives.
There are still numerous examples of age-old cultural deviation in birth and indeed death practices but we need to be careful not to apply our modern cultural norms when intepreting them.

[@ian_b]

@@nomadpurple6154 Agreed. And we need to remember that the whole concept of "misogyny" is a recent and uniquely Western concept. If we take the example that, for instance, some men, or men in general, may find aspects of female reproductive biology distasteful, that doesn't actually translate to a "hatred of women". The claim of misogyny as defined by feminists (as a pervasive, universal cultural driving force) is extremely questionable.
Humans in general routinely find our own natural bodily functions variously distasteful and/or taboo, and the "natural" male interest in women's sexual organs is with putting something into them rather than with the details of what comes out of them.