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Driven to clean: Nesting instinct among pregnant women has an evolutionary backstory

September 16, 2013 by

The overwhelming urge that drives many pregnant women to clean, organize and get life in order -— otherwise known as nesting —- is not irrational, but an adaptive behavior stemming from humans’ evolutionary past.

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