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  2. Human vestigiality - Wikipedia

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    This tail is most prominent in human embryos 31–35 days old. [21] The tailbone, at the end of the spine, has lost its original function in assisting balance and mobility, though it still serves some secondary functions, such as being an attachment point for muscles, which explains why it has not degraded further.

  3. Fetal viability - Wikipedia

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    There is no sharp limit of development, gestational age, or weight at which a human fetus automatically becomes viable. [13] According to one study, between 2013 and 2018 at United States academic medical centers, the percentage of newborns who survived long enough to leave the hospital was 30% at 22 weeks, 55% at 23 weeks, 70% at 24 weeks, and ...

  4. Birth weight - Wikipedia

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    Baby weighed as appropriate for gestational age. Birth weight is the body weight of a baby at their birth. [1] The average birth weight in babies of European and African descent is 3.5 kilograms (7.7 lb), with the normative range between 2.5 and 4.0 kilograms (5.5 and 8.8 lb). [2] On average, babies of Asian descent weigh about 3.25 kilograms ...

  5. Infant - Wikipedia

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    The way to measure a baby's length is to lay the baby down and stretch a measuring tape from the top of the head to the bottom of the heel. Weight In developed countries, the average birth weight of a full-term newborn is approximately 3.4 kg ( 7 + 1 ⁄ 2 lb), and is typically in the range of 2.7–4.6 kg (6.0–10.1 lb).

  6. Bipedalism - Wikipedia

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    An ostrich, the co-fastest extant biped [1] along with the red kangaroo, at 70 km/h (43 mph) [2] [note 1]. Bipedalism is a form of terrestrial locomotion where an animal moves by means of its two rear (or lower) limbs or legs.

  7. Watch what happens when a baby gorilla meets a baby human - AOL

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    Updated July 14, 2016 at 10:40 PM Zoo Posts Adorable Toddler and Gorilla Peekaboo Video The Columbus Zoo witnessed one of the cutest encounters that ever occurred between a human and and animal.

  8. FDA sets limits on lead in some baby foods - AOL

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    The FDA guidance caps lead levels for children younger than 2 at 10 parts per billion for fruits, most vegetables, grain and meat mixtures, yogurts, custards and puddings, and single-ingredient meats.

  9. Obstetrical dilemma - Wikipedia

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    The term, obstetrical dilemma, was coined in 1960, by Sherwood Larned Washburn, a prominent early American physical anthropologist, in order to describe the evolutionary development of the human pelvis and its relation to childbirth and pregnancy in hominids and non-human primates. [6]