Rowan Hooper

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1,427 appearances 18 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 3d ago

Rowan Hooper’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 18 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 7.

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The World, the Universe and Us · The Mystery of Childbirth Is Finally Being Unravelled · 16 Sep 2026 podcast

our ancestors became bipedal, that meant we had to have a narrower pelvis. voice-verified

And then the other side is that we've got really, really big brains. voice-verified

So we actually ideally need a bigger pelvis to get out. voice-verified

So we're forcing big headed babies through the smaller gap that we've put on ourselves by being bipedal. voice-verified

of our bodies voice-verified

that. voice-verified

OK, so why else might we give birth when we do? voice-verified

mum's energy. voice-verified

parasite becomes too big. voice-verified

All right. voice-verified

So at the moment, we still do have this obstetric dilemma. voice-verified

Was that the idea that – so they looked at women's – the width of women's pelvises from 1900 to like current times and showed gradually that the width was getting narrower. voice-verified

And is the idea that selection is relaxed on that because – voice-verified

We have modern medicine and more women survive. voice-verified

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Yeah, okay, how does that work? voice-verified

Oh, God, okay. voice-verified

So complicated. voice-verified

Selection is going both ways. voice-verified

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