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15 Post author: DanArmak 10 June 2015 12:05AM

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Comment author: skeptical_lurker 12 June 2015 06:50:23AM 2 points [-]

While in hunter gatherer times it would have been important to run fast, as civilisation arises you get chased by bears less often, and so I could guess that hips would start to become wider.

Comment author: Lumifer 12 June 2015 03:02:59PM 1 point [-]

as civilisation arises you get chased by bears less often, and so I could guess that hips would start to become wider

The hips already became a lot wider X-/ along with other body parts.

And given contemporary medicine, a narrow pelvis isn't really a big deal nowadays.