The Bonds of Kinship in Dahomey Stevie Salas ‘Human evolution has now arrived

‘Human evolution has now arrived at a decisive crossroads

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stress can have debilitating effects on both physical and mental health

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Recent translations of the plays

The Bonds of Kinship in Dahomey Stevie Salas ‘Human evolution has now arrivedFrom the 1720s to the 1940s, parents in the kingdom and later colony of Dahomey (now the Republic of Benin) developed and sustained the common practice of girl fostering, or "entrusting." Transferring their daughters at a young age into foster homes, Dahomeans created complex relationships of mutual obligation, kinship, and caregiving that also exploited girls' labor for the economic benefit of the women who acted as their social mothers. Drawing upon