Anthropologist's studies of childbirth bring new focus on women in evolution

		IMAGE: Karen Rosenberg, UD professor of anthropology, demonstrates a baby's complex journey through the birth canal for Evanna Singh, a senior anthropology major and McNair Scholar. Click here for more information.

Contrary to the TV sitcom where the wife experiencing strong labor pains screams at her husband to stay away from her, women rarely give birth alone. There are typically doctors, nurses and husbands in hospital delivery rooms, and sometimes even other relatives and friends. Midwives often are called on to help with births at home.