The domestication of human birth

Observations of the burial places of newborns at the prehistoric site at Lepenski Vir (Serbia) revealed the possibility that deliveries took place inside houses that were heated. Warm houses provided a thermally stable environment which, in turn, could solve the problem of thermoregulation, that is...

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Main Author:	Sofija Stefanović
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Znanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts) 2006-12-01
Series:	Documenta Praehistorica
Subjects:	Lepenski Vir human birth thermo-regulation domestication
Online Access:	https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2149

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spelling	doaj-4991e448b2ef415f96a00aba1d8c01f72020-11-24T23:49:38ZengZnanstvena založba Filozofske fakultete Univerze v Ljubljani (Ljubljana University Press, Faculty of Arts)Documenta Praehistorica1408-967X1854-24922006-12-013310.4312/dp.33.151843The domestication of human birthSofija Stefanović0Department of Archaeology, Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade University, BelgradeObservations of the burial places of newborns at the prehistoric site at Lepenski Vir (Serbia) revealed the possibility that deliveries took place inside houses that were heated. Warm houses provided a thermally stable environment which, in turn, could solve the problem of thermoregulation, that is critical for the survival of babies. In this study it is shown that the creation of these good conditions for giving birth could have been an important step in human evolution that could have led to a demographic expansion.https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/DocumentaPraehistorica/article/view/2149Lepenski Virhuman birththermo-regulationdomestication
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description	Observations of the burial places of newborns at the prehistoric site at Lepenski Vir (Serbia) revealed the possibility that deliveries took place inside houses that were heated. Warm houses provided a thermally stable environment which, in turn, could solve the problem of thermoregulation, that is critical for the survival of babies. In this study it is shown that the creation of these good conditions for giving birth could have been an important step in human evolution that could have led to a demographic expansion.
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The domestication of human birth

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