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Impact of early life environments on long-term health
It has been shown that early environments (both in the uterus and post-birth) have significant effects on long-term health. Maternal stress during pregnancy, for example, can have lasting impacts on children's later life biological reactions to stress. But what specific biological mechanisms are at play, how do they work, and why do they exist? Biological anthropologist and IPR/C2S Faculty Fellow Christopher Kuzawa works to answer these questions.
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