Wide-hipped Homo erectus had big babies

Friday, November 14, 2008 - 11:14 in Paleontology & Archaeology

The fossil of a wide-hipped Homo erectus found in Ethiopia suggests females of the pre-human species swayed their hips as they walked and gave birth to relatively developed babies with big heads, researchers said on Thursday.

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