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 ZhaoEvan 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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