Comparative primate obstetrics: Observations of 15 diurnal births in wild gelada monkeys (Theropithecus gelada) and their implications for understanding human and nonhuman primate birth evolution

  • Nga Nguyen
  • , Laura M. Lee
  • , Peter J. Fashing
  • , Niina O. Nurmi
  • , Kathrine M. Stewart
  • , Taylor J. Turner
  • , Tyler S. Barry
  • , Kadie R. Callingham
  • , C. Barret Goodale
  • , Bryce S. Kellogg
  • , Ryan J. Burke
  • , Emily K. Bechtold
  • , Megan J. Claase
  • , G. Anita Eriksen
  • , Sorrel C. Z. Jones
  • , Jeffrey T. Kerby
  • , Jacob B. Kraus
  • , Carrie M. Miller
  • , Thomas H. Trew
  • , Yi Zhao
  • Evan C. Beierschmitt, Malcolm S. Ramsay, Jason D. Reynolds, Vivek V. Venkataraman

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)14-29
Number of pages16
JournalAmerican Journal of Physical Anthropology
Volume163
Issue number1
Early online date1 Feb 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Apr 2017

Keywords

  • fetal emergence pattern
  • labor
  • parity
  • parturition
  • placentophagy
  • MACAQUES MACACA-FASCICULARIS
  • PROGESTERONE CONCENTRATIONS
  • PERIPARTURITIONAL BEHAVIOR
  • PLACENTA CONSUMPTION
  • DAYTIME BIRTH
  • PATAS MONKEYS
  • PARTURITION
  • PELVIS
  • PLACENTOPHAGIA
  • ETHIOPIA

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