The evolution of the spine fueled the rise of mammals—and human …
WEBThe evolution of the spine fueled the rise of mammals—and human back problems. Fossils show how lumbar vertebrae were freed up to adapt to myriad lifestyles. 20 Sep 2018. By Elizabeth Pennisi. Distant mammal ancestors such as Dimetrodon (right) had three spine regions; a mouse (left) has five. K. JONES ET AL., SCIENCE, 361, 6408 (2018)
Why do so many people have back pain? - Live Science
WEBOct 4, 2021 · Back pain is extremely common among humans, thanks to our evolutionary jump to walking on two legs. (Image credit: Peter Dazeley via Getty Images)
Your back pain may be due to evolution and spine shape
WEBMar 5, 2020 · The cause of back pain can be linked to humanity's evolutionary past, according to new research from a team of bioarchaeologists at Simon Fraser University, the University of Liverpool, and...
Evolution and spine shape may predispose you to back problems
WEBMar 4, 2020 · The reason many humans experience pain in their lower back can be found in our evolutionary past, according to new research from a team of bioarchaeologists at the University of Sydney, Simon Fraser University and the University of Liverpool.
Back pain can be linked to humans' evolutionary past and vertebral shape
WEBMar 5, 2020 · The cause of back pain can be linked to humanity's evolutionary past, according to new research from a team of bioarchaeologists at Simon Fraser University, the University of Liverpool,...
What explains our lower back pain? Anthropologists turn to …
WEBMar 3, 2022 · Examining the spines of Neanderthals, an extinct human relative, may explain back-related ailments experienced by humans today, a team of anthropologists has concluded in a new comparative...
The ancestral shape hypothesis: an evolutionary explanation for …
WEBApr 27, 2015 · The identification of an ancestral vertebral shape that influences the occurrence of a common spinal pathology supports the idea that the relatively rapid evolution of bipedalism in the hominins may continue to impact modern human health.
Common back problems may be caused by evolution of human locomotion
WEBApr 27, 2015 · The research, published in the open access journal BMC Evolutionary Biology, suggests that the relatively quick evolution of the ability to walk on two legs may have had a substantial impact on modern human health.
An evolutionary medicine perspective on pain and its disorders
WEBNov 11, 2019 · Painful mental states such as anxiety, guilt and low mood may have evolved from physical pain precursors. Preliminary evidence for this is found in anatomic and genetic data. Such insights from evolutionary medicine may help in understanding vulnerability to chronic pain.
It's Time To Rethink the Origins of Pain | Scientific American
WEBSep 8, 2022 · A review of studies that involved scanning images from about 3,000 people with no symptoms of back pain found that in 20-year-olds without any back pain, 37 percent had disc degeneration, and...