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A small proof-of-concept study supports the hypothesis that women's large breasts (relative to other primates) can help provide heat to breastfeeding infants. Breastfeeding women's breasts maintained a higher temperature, and had more resistance to cooling, than those of non-breastfeeding women and of men.

Summary: https://www.psypost.org/human-breasts-might-have-evolved-to-keep-big-brained-infants-warm/

Original paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/evolutionary-human-sciences/article/infants-thermal-balance-and-the-evolution-of-the-human-breast-a-proofofconcept-study/A92D7DD76F4391B1B1659CD032AD3BFC

#Science #WomensHealth #Breastfeeding #ChildRearing

A small proof-of-concept study supports the hypothesis that women's large breasts (relative to other primates) can help provide heat to breastfeeding infants. Breastfeeding women's breasts maintained a higher temperature, and had more resistance to cooling, than those of non-breastfeeding women and of men.

Summary: https://www.psypost.org/human-breasts-might-have-evolved-to-keep-big-brained-infants-warm/

Original paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/evolutionary-human-sciences/article/infants-thermal-balance-and-the-evolution-of-the-human-breast-a-proofofconcept-study/A92D7DD76F4391B1B1659CD032AD3BFC

#Science #WomensHealth #Breastfeeding #ChildRearing

A small proof-of-concept study supports the hypothesis that women's large breasts (relative to other primates) can help provide heat to breastfeeding infants. Breastfeeding women's breasts maintained a higher temperature, and had more resistance to cooling, than those of non-breastfeeding women and of men.

Summary: https://www.psypost.org/human-breasts-might-have-evolved-to-keep-big-brained-infants-warm/

Original paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/evolutionary-human-sciences/article/infants-thermal-balance-and-the-evolution-of-the-human-breast-a-proofofconcept-study/A92D7DD76F4391B1B1659CD032AD3BFC

#Science #WomensHealth #Breastfeeding #ChildRearing

A small proof-of-concept study supports the hypothesis that women's large breasts (relative to other primates) can help provide heat to breastfeeding infants. Breastfeeding women's breasts maintained a higher temperature, and had more resistance to cooling, than those of non-breastfeeding women and of men.

Summary: https://www.psypost.org/human-breasts-might-have-evolved-to-keep-big-brained-infants-warm/

Original paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/evolutionary-human-sciences/article/infants-thermal-balance-and-the-evolution-of-the-human-breast-a-proofofconcept-study/A92D7DD76F4391B1B1659CD032AD3BFC

#Science #WomensHealth #Breastfeeding #ChildRearing

A small proof-of-concept study supports the hypothesis that women's large breasts (relative to other primates) can help provide heat to breastfeeding infants. Breastfeeding women's breasts maintained a higher temperature, and had more resistance to cooling, than those of non-breastfeeding women and of men.

Summary: https://www.psypost.org/human-breasts-might-have-evolved-to-keep-big-brained-infants-warm/

Original paper: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/evolutionary-human-sciences/article/infants-thermal-balance-and-the-evolution-of-the-human-breast-a-proofofconcept-study/A92D7DD76F4391B1B1659CD032AD3BFC

#Science #WomensHealth #Breastfeeding #ChildRearing