Identified Flying Objects: A Multidisciplinary Scientific Approach to the UFO Phenomenon

by Michael P. Masters

The introduction of cesarean sections in more recent history could certainly change this age-old antagonistic relationship between the human brain and birth canal. However, the degree to which it affects the morphogenesis of our crania and pelvises cannot yet be known, considering that we have only been performing C-sections for approximately 500 years.11 In the context of the last 300,000+ years of difficult and deadly childbirth, this is but the blink of an eye. Though one would expect that this vital contribution to infant and maternal health may also act to relax what is arguably the last selective pressure keeping our brains from becoming too big, or too bulbous, too early. Additionally, the increased frequency with which this procedure is performed may indicate that we are entering a new phase of intensified in utero cerebral development. For instance, in looking at all U.S. births over a roughly 45-year period, the rate of cesarean sections went from 5% in 1970, to 20% in 1996, and all the way up to 32.2% in 2014.