Since my existing back problems are hard enough to manage, I wanted to know what exactly would change with pregnancy. Would it exacerbate my existing problems, or put me at risk of new ones? Was there anything I could do to prepare myself?
Tag: evolution
The Human Spine is an Evolutionary Compromise
Rather than viewing my back problems as an individual failure, I learned to view them as a consequence of weaknesses that evolved along with humans.
Bipedalism: The Downsides of an Upright Life
I always thought that bipedalism was the boring part of human evolution. But then I realized that the transition to bipedalism is still causing health problems in humans, and the subject got a lot more interesting.
Human vs. Primate Lumbar Spines: What Have We Gained? What Have We Lost?
How similar are human lumbar spines to those of other primates? Are they prone to the same sorts of injuries? And if not, then why did humans evolve such an obviously flawed system?