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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Tom Rocket on December 13, 2007, 10:48:52 PM

Title: Why pregnant women don't fall over
Post by: Tom Rocket on December 13, 2007, 10:48:52 PM

They found that the women corrected for their growing imbalance by bending backward in the lower part of their spine. Detailed anatomical measurements showed that the vertebrae of the lower back are more wedge-shaped in women than in men, which makes this bending easier. (http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn13040-why-pregnant-women-dont-fall-over.html)

Also a creepy cross-cut picture of a pregnant monkey-woman at the link.