Why Do We "Bear" Children?

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Why Do We "Bear" Children?

Is it because pregnancy was considered a "burden"?

Lexicon Valley

Dec 17, 2022

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A Grizzly bear bore four cubs in 2020 in Grand Teton National Park.

Bear, born and birth all evolved from the same root. John explains.

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