Another useless scientific study

This just in... CHILDBIRTH PAINFUL FOR NEANDERTHAL WOMEN!
No, this is not a headline from the tabloids (woman survives 100,000 years to recount the horrors of childbirth) but a study recently conducted by scientists, helping them draw to the astounding conclusion that Neanderthal women also suffered painful childbirth.

See article HERE.

Do we really need to study this kind of thing? I mean isn't it a well-known fact that childbirth is painful? Have you ever heard a woman come out of childbirth saying "Wow, that was so pleasant. It felt great! No pain whatsoever!" If you have, she's lying. Or sarcastic.

Are tax dollars being spent on this kind of thing? I'm thinking "yes".

It's necessary, you say? It's helpful for science; gives us a window into the lives of humans that walked the earth 100,000 years ago? What exactly do we learn from this? Women have been giving birth since the beginning of time and I'd guess that the process has remained essentially the same. Oh sure, we have modern technology. We don't have to squat in a cave or lie down on a bison pelt or bite a stick if it hurts. But the baby still comes out of the same place, in the same way.

Study our past to better understand our future. This just seems silly, indulgent and unnecessary. And I venture to say that childbirth will still be painful 100,000 years from now.