Evolution and Pregnant Women?

I stumbled across a news story today that documents a recent "scientific" find. And since it dovetails with what we have been discussing on Sunday nights, I thought I would share it with you. Here is what the article states: "Anthropologists studying the human spine have found that women's lower vertebrae evolved in ways that reduce back pressure during pregnancy."

Now I am intrigued by this article. The study cited in the article was conducted only on humans (19 pregnant women) and, as a result, found that "the lumbar, or lower back, curve in women extends across three vertebrae, as opposed to two in men." That was what they found. So far, so good. Obviously I have no problems with the findings such as they are stated. But the conclusion they reached is an entirely different story: "What they found...was evidence that evolution had produced a stronger and more flexible lower spine for women."

Talk about leaps in the dark and flights of fancy! Where in the world did that one come from? What ever happened to science reporting on observable and justifiable facts? Did these "scientists" actually test and observe the vertebrae evolving into what it looks like today? If not, how do they know that evolution was the cause? And if they don't know that evolution was the cause, why splash it all over the conclusions. Why not simply report what they found, namely, that women's bodies are different from men in a special way that makes them better able to bear children.

An equally possible explanation to the one they put forward (in fact, it is MUCH MORE likely than is evolution) is that a personal and intelligent Creator intentionally created women different from men, specially designing them to carry children.