Nicole D S Grunstra

9PUBLICATIONS
20CO-AUTHORS
Foetal development and medicineDevelopmental genetics (incl. sex determination)Biological adaptationPsychosocial aspects of childbirth and perinatal mental healthAnimal developmental and reproductive biology
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Publications (9)

|Sep 03, 2026
The "costly son" hypothesis: Sons exacerbate obstetrical dilemmas in humans and other mammals.

|Jul 31, 2025
The domestication of the wolf larynx-testing the neural crest connection.

Jacob Hansen, Nicole D S Grunstra, W Tecumseh Fitch

|Sep 16, 2024
Convergent evolution in Afrotheria and non-afrotherians demonstrates high evolvability of the mammalian inner ear.

Nicole D S Grunstra, Fabian Hollinetz, Guillermo Bravo Morante

|Jun 24, 2023
There is an obstetrical dilemma: Misconceptions about the evolution of human childbirth and pelvic form.

N D S Grunstra, L Betti, B Fischer

|May 20, 2021
The obstetrical dilemma hypothesis: there's life in the old dog yet.

Martin Haeusler, Nicole D S Grunstra, Robert D Martin

|Apr 15, 2021
Biomechanical trade-offs in the pelvic floor constrain the evolution of the human birth canal.

Ekaterina Stansfield, Krishna Kumar, Philipp Mitteroecker

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Frequent Collaborators

2 joint publications

Barbara Fischer

2 joint publications

Martin Haeusler

2 joint publications

Ekaterina Stansfield

2 joint publications

Nicole M Webb