Human pregnancy can easily be taken for granted as a natural and regularly occurring event, but it is the product of the complex, coordinated function of two bodies, mother and baby, that has evolved side by side with other important human adaptations. For the first time, researchers have established how a complex disorder associated with pregnancy—spontaneous preterm birth (sPTB) – has been shaped by multiple evolutionary forces.
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Source: Phys.org