Before revision: 2 p. 126 Pliny the Elder also comments at length about the phenomenon of postpartum maternal impression in bears, i.e., the folk belief that newborn bears must be licked and molded into bear-shape by their mothers.Pliny Natural History VIII:126 See also Lihi Cortisol#Effects during pregnancy Epigenetics Fetal origins hypothesis Fetal origins of adult disease Lamarckism Mary Toft Mooncalf Pseudoscience Sooterkin References Bibliography Wendy Doniger and Gregory Spinner.
After revision: Telegony2 p. 126 Pliny the Elder also comments at length about the phenomenon of postpartum maternal impression in bears, i.e., the folk belief that newborn bears must be licked and molded into bear-shape by their mothers.Pliny Natural History VIII:126 See also Lihi Cortisol#Effects during pregnancy Epigenetics Fetal origins hypothesis Fetal origins of adult disease Lamarckism Mary Toft Mooncalf Pseudoscience Sooterkin References Bibliography Wendy Doniger and Gregory Spinner.