Titre du projet

Solving the evolutionary puzzle of human childbirth

Descriptif du projet

This project will test the hypothesis that the size of the human birth canal is constrained by the need to support abdominal organs in an orthograde (i.e. vertical) posture, therefore limiting how spacious the birth canal can be. In order to do so, I will collect scans of pelvic bones for male and female primates from 35 different species that differ in posture, locomotion, body size and obstetric requirements. 3D models of the pelvis for each specimen will be built from the scans, and the position of key anatomical landmarks will be used to compare the size and 3D shape of the birth canal across primate species. The shape data will be used to estimate how habitual posture, locomotion and obstetric requirements have affected birth canal variation among primate species, including humans, and to evaluate whether the tightness of the human (and other primates’) birth canal can be explained by the need to provide organ support in an orthograde posture.

Travaux réalisés par la plateforme AST-RX

Collection	No Inventaire	Descriptif	Vignette	Equipement
ZM	1966-338	scan bassin avec sacrum		v|tome|x L 240-180
ZM	2005-252	scan bassin (no sacrum)		EasyTom S 150
ZM	2005-252	scan sacrum		EasyTom S 150
ZM	AC-1880-1307	scan bassin		EasyTom S 150
ZM	AC-1880-1380	scan bassin (no sacrum)		EasyTom S 150
ZM	AC-1880-1380	scan sacrum		EasyTom S 150
ZM	AC-1885-6	scan bassin (no sacrum)		EasyTom S 150
ZM	AC-1885-6	scan sacrum		EasyTom S 150
ZM	AC-1889-305	scan bassin. Le spécimen A-13-347 correspond au AC-1889-305		EasyTom S 150
ZM	AC-1892-1115	scan bassin (no sacrum)		EasyTom S 150
ZM	AC-1892-1115	scan sacrum
ZM	AC-1901-647	scan bassin (no sacrum)		EasyTom S 150
ZM	AC-1901-647	scan sacrum		EasyTom S 150
ZM	AC-1911-136	scan bassin		v|tome|x L 240-180
ZM	AC-1936-86	scan bassin		EasyTom S 150
ZM	AC-1962-231	scan bassin (no sacrum)		EasyTom S 150
ZM	AC-1962-231	scan sacrum		EasyTom S 150
ZM	AC-1964-307	scan bassin (no sacrum)		EasyTom S 150
ZM	AC-1964-307	scan sacrum		EasyTom S 150
ZM	MO-1847-1661C	scan bassin. Le spécimen AC-1880-1108 correspond au MO-1847-1661C.		EasyTom S 150
ZM	MO-1977-769	scan bassin		EasyTom S 150
ZM	MO-1981-435	scan bassin (no sacrum)		EasyTom S 150
ZM	MO-1981-435	scan sacrum		v|tome|x L 240-180
ZM	MO-2002-17	scan bassin (no sacrum)		EasyTom S 150
ZM	MO-2002-17	scan sacrum		EasyTom S 150
ZM	MO-2002-22	scan bassin (no sacrum)		EasyTom S 150
ZM	MO-2002-22	scan sacrum		v|tome|x L 240-180
ZM	MO-2002-23	scan bassin (no sacrum)		EasyTom S 150
ZM	MO-2002-23	scan sacrum		EasyTom S 150
ZM	MO-2002-24	scan bassin (no sacrum)		EasyTom S 150
ZM	MO-2002-24	scan sacrum		EasyTom S 150
ZM	MO-2002-27	scan bassin (no sacrum)		EasyTom S 150
ZM	MO-2002-27	scan sacrum		EasyTom S 150
ZM	MO-2002-28	scan bassin (no sacrum)		EasyTom S 150
ZM	MO-2002-28	scan sacrum (deux scans séparés sacrum-a + sacrum-b)		EasyTom S 150