BUFFALO, N.Y. — From an evolutionary perspective, human pregnancy is quite strange, says University at Buffalo biologist Vincent Lynch. “For example, we don’t know why human women go into labor,” ...

The finding may allow archaeologists to determine whether a woman was pregnant or had recently given birth at the time of her ...

Scientists uncover how pregnancy transforms the brain, with gray matter changes that shape maternal instincts and well-being for the long haul. Study: Pregnancy entails a U-shaped trajectory in human ...

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A study of horses -- which share many important similarities with humans in their chromosomes and pregnancies -- revealed that 42% of miscarriages and spontaneous abortions in the first two months of ...

A 2019 Science Advances study by Duke University’s Herman Pontzer reveals pregnancy as the ultimate endurance feat, demanding ...

Scientists are exploring ways to mimic the origins of human life without two fundamental components: sperm and egg. They are coaxing clusters of stem cells – programmable cells that can transform into ...

Researchers follow the dramatic changes that occur in the brain throughout the course of pregnancy. Pregnancy is a transformative time in a person's life where the body undergoes rapid physiological ...

During the first weeks of pregnancy, the developing placenta in a mother's womb undergoes a dramatic change. Individual cells ...

Scientists have detected pregnancy hormones in ancient bones and teeth, revealing a new way to trace pregnancies in the ...