Open AccessHuman evolution: brain, birthweight and the immune system
Author(s) -
Graham J. Burton,
Ashley Moffett,
Barry Keverne
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
philosophical transactions of the royal society b biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.753
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1471-2970
pISSN - 0962-8436
DOI - 10.1098/rstb.2014.0061
Subject(s) - brain size , human brain , biology , immune system , human evolution , evolutionary biology , demography , physiology , neuroscience , medicine , immunology , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , sociology
The large size of the human brain at birth is one of the defining features of our species, and yet comes at a price. Among the primates, humans have particularly difficult births, with high rates of maternal and fetal morbidity and mortality. Approximately 287 000 maternal deaths occurred in 2010
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