Table of Contents

1 1. Ecce Homo; 2 2. Evolution revisited; 3 3. The future of the human oxytocin system; 4 4. A landmark in the evolution of brain size?; 5 5. 'Microbes Maketh Man'; 6 6. Should we criminalize planned vaginal birth?; 7 7. That is the question; 8 8. Active management of human evolution; 9 9. Physiology v cultural conditioning; 10 10. Reasonable optimism; 11 11. Avenues for research; 12 12. Repressed common sense; 13 13. The story is not finished; 14 14. Labour pain revisited; 15 15. No paradigm shift without language shift; 16 16. Love as an evolutionary handicap; 17 17. Reasonable pessimism; 18 18. The future of enthusiasm; 19 19. Homo sapiens and the virosphere; 20 20. Cultural blindness

About the Author

Michel Odent is best known as the obstetrician who introduced the concepts of birthing pools and home-like birthing rooms. He has published 12 books in 21 languages. His last four book are published by Pinter & Martin.

His other books include Birth Reborn and Birth and Breastfeeding.

See also the Primal Health Research Databank.