Egg Parents

Designs On— Birth

By Thomas Overthun

Carrying children to term in utero is so … old-fashioned. What if humans, like their distant mammalian cousins, the platypus, could lay eggs instead? Odd thought? Scary? Eerily reminiscent of a seventh-grade, take-home science experiment? Well, it might just better suit our evolving needs and lifestyles.

This idea explores the possibility.