i wonder if there has been an increase in maternal mortality due to large-headed babies since the invention of the c-section. i.e. large-headedness can survive sometimes, but when a c-section isn't available, the mother is more likely to die.
I've had similar thoughts, but I think that that larger head size being passed along would only occur (or much more frequently) in those areas with c-sections readily available. The mortality rate would probably only increase in the relatively rare instances where the mother was not able to reach a hospital or chose/was forced not to utilize hospital services even in an emergency.
In areas where c-sections are not readily available, large-headedness would not be passed along as much and therefore the mortality rates would probably remain much the same as it ever was.
I could be completely wrong, of course.
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