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To: dread78645
The paragraph right before your excerpt is revealing as well:

Most human females have a relatively wider pelvis than males because the human brain (even in a newborn) is too large to pass through a narrow birth canal. Thus, one of the reasons sexual dimorphism is so much more pronounced in humans than in most other primates is relative brain size. ("Don't trust me," I told her, "check it--the skeletons are there!") Bigger brains require bigger hips.
They get the hips so well all can get the brains! Now THAT's science!
93 posted on 06/02/2005 6:58:11 PM PDT by VadeRetro ( Liberalism is a cancer on society. Creationism is a cancer on conservatism.)
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To: VadeRetro
They get the hips so well all can get the brains!

It's more than hips. We birth early and the bulk of brain development occurs outside the mother's body. Stimulation by lights, sounds and adults while the brain is growing must have huge implications for intelligence.

The soft skull, cartilaginous fingers, reduced jaw, and underdeveloped lungs indicate the human infants are born "prematurely" compared to the other primates. To reach an equivalent stage, humans would have to have a gestation of about 18-20 months.

103 posted on 06/02/2005 10:43:35 PM PDT by dread78645 (Sorry Mr. Franklin, We couldn't keep it.)
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To: VadeRetro
They get the hips so well all can get the brains! Now THAT's science!

Yeah, but my brains disappear when I get near a good set of hips.

124 posted on 06/03/2005 11:47:35 AM PDT by vollmond (Head back to base for debriefing and cocktails.)
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