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  • 2 - Functional Morphology of the Pelvis

  • Cara M. Wall-Scheffler, Seattle Pacific University, Helen K. Kurki, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Benjamin M. Auerbach, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
  • Book:
    The Evolutionary Biology of the Human Pelvis
    Published online:
    30 December 2019
    Print publication:
    16 January 2020, pp 33-45

  • Summary

    This chapter examines the role of selection in driving certain aspects of pelvic morphology, particularly the differences between mediolateral breadths and anteroposterior breadths. The chapter is divided into three sections, representing the three key selection pressures researchers have spent the most time on – namely, obstetrics, locomotion and thermoregulation. Data for the role of each of these on pelvic morphology are considered, as is discussion of the myriad ways human populations have mixed and matched morphological traits to manage these selection pressures. Clearly, there is not a single strategy for handling the interactive nature of these pressures.