It Was Discovered That Pregnancy Can Leave Permanent Marks on the Body

Difficulties faced by primates during pregnancy, according to a new study some lifetime effects can cause. The research, published in the journal PLOS ONE, revealed that pregnancy leaves a permanent ‘mark’ on the skeleton of macaque monkeys, a species of primate.

Scientists find bones of female macaques after pregnancy lower levels of calcium, phosphorus, and magnesium discovered. The new discovery is hailed as a recent finding that evidence of reproduction remains ‘written in the bones’ throughout life.

Does the same thing happen in humans?

Although the research was done only on macaque monkeys, it showed that the situation may actually apply to humans, since humans are also primates. In fact, another study published in November 2021 found that if the mother’s body is malnourished throughout pregnancy, loses most of the calcium in your bones had shown.

But research is just temporarily pointed out that it was happening. Therefore, it is not yet clear whether pregnancy has a lasting effect on human bones, as in macaque monkeys. In their latest research, scientists shared that traces of pregnancy can be ‘masked’ by changes in diet and environment.