stackyFACTSHaving massive brains comes with a devastating maternal cost. Human fetuses require so much energy that their placentas invade the mother's uterine wall far deeper than in any other mammal. If this connection forms poorly, the mother's blood pressure skyrockets to life-threatening levels, an evolutionary side effect of gestating geniuses.
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