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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seem to be getting narrower and narrower pelvises. voice-verified

But they are pretty helpless, aren't they? voice-verified

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But that's really ingrained, isn't it? voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

The whole idea that our babies are born when they haven't really finished developing because of the obstetric dilemma. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

Wow. voice-verified

Yeah. voice-verified

I mean, this is all part of this evolutionary tug of war between the mother and the fetus. voice-verified

And the bit that I like about it is over nutrients, the fight over nutrients. voice-verified

And so the fetus wants as much nutrients as it can. voice-verified

But the mother wants to hold some back, right? voice-verified

The fetus maybe sometimes wants to stay gestating longer as well than the mother ideally wants to. voice-verified

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Whereas the fetus doesn't necessarily care about its future siblings. voice-verified

Yeah, so the placenta, what an extraordinary thing this is. voice-verified

I think, I can't remember exactly how much, but a lot of it is grown by paternal genes. voice-verified

So paternal genes are expressed in it. voice-verified

In other words, the father's interest... voice-verified

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