Birth Stories

Massise's Birth Stories, Mother (of 11, 5 living) and Grandmother These stories were collected on July 5th, 2022, transcribed and translated on February 3rd, 2024, and edited on January 18th, 2026, by Dr. Melissa Remis . This post was created by Sophie Mbongo. The BaAka who reside in the Dzanga Sangha Protected Areas in the southwest of the Central African Republic (C.A.R.) are a formerly mobile group of hunter-gatherers who continue to travel to forest camps and rely on for

Dr. Melanie Martin I am an Assistant Professor in Biological Anthropology at the University of Washington. My research examines how biocultural influences, particularly nutrition and microbial exposures, influence growth and development. In collaboration with Claudia Valeggia and the Chaco Area Reproductive Ecology Program, my most recent research examines anthropometric and hormonal changes during pubertal development in Toba/Qom girls. I completed my Ph.D. in Anthropology