John_Maxwell_IV comments on Q&A with Harpending and Cochran - Less Wrong

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Comment author: John_Maxwell_IV 23 January 2013 07:57:05AM *  1 point [-]

Supposedly human brain size is limited by the skulls that will fit out of our mothers, and human babies are actually born premature relative to other species because it's only when we are premature that our skulls will still fit out.

Of course, we have cesarean births now, so...

Comment author: MugaSofer 23 January 2013 01:24:58PM *  -2 points [-]

Great points.

And, since we're born premature as you said, there's already a partial workaround even if you need "natural" births for some reason (potential complications from the surgery?)