With the tying off and cutting of the umbilical cord the relations with the uterus and placenta are ended and the newborn infant is for the first time an independently living individual—Bradley Patten, Human Embryology, 1946. Among the Mbuti of Central Africa, the cutting of the umbilical cord is an important rite. While the father is
Cutting the cord
Cutting the cord
Cutting the cord
With the tying off and cutting of the umbilical cord the relations with the uterus and placenta are ended and the newborn infant is for the first time an independently living individual—Bradley Patten, Human Embryology, 1946. Among the Mbuti of Central Africa, the cutting of the umbilical cord is an important rite. While the father is