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2025-01-04 01:01:54 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 9E456A2E1A6DE4A43EAE460BBF0B2D94DBF7246CA47FC19EF73DC744231A5AE9
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It is true that brain size in humans has historically been limited by birth canal size. https://askananthropologist.asu.edu/stories/babies-birth-and-brains#:~:text=Brain%20size%20at%20birth%20is,known%20as%20the%20birth%20canal. The idea that c-sections will allow for greater brain size in humans is an argument made in scientific papers, for example this one: https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.1612410113#ref-2
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