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Coming in at a mighty 600+ pages, Cat Bohannon’s Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution presents a revolutionary account of the evolution of the female body in mightily potent style. It’s a remarkable feat of research, fresh insights and quick-witted writing.
In the context of the bizarre and sobering fact that most biological scientific research has been based on the male body, Eve sets out to put an imbalanced, inaccurate record straight. Taking on the incredibly ambitious task of tackling 200 million years of human history from a female perspective, Bohannon unpacks the nuances and impact women’s bodies and behaviours have had on pretty much everything, from tool-use to language.
Noting that “while the majority of researchers still effectively ignore the female body, there’s a quiet revolution in the science of womanhood brewing”, in Eve, Bohannon has contributed much to this growing cauldron of wisdom. Consummately convincing, compelling and entertaining, this is an important book.
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Eve Synopsis
How did wet nurses drive civilization? Are women always the weaker sex? Is sexism useful for evolution? And are our bodies at war with our babies?
In Eve, Cat Bohannon answers questions scientists should have been addressing for decades. With boundless curiosity and sharp wit, she covers the past 200 million years to explain the specific science behind the development of the female sex. Eve is not only a sweeping revision of human history, it's an urgent and necessary corrective for a world that has focused primarily on the male body for far too long. Bohannon's findings, including everything from the way C-sections in the industrialized world are rearranging women's pelvic shape to the surprising similarities between pus and breast milk, will completely change what you think you know about evolution and why Homo sapiens have become such a successful and dominant species, from tool use to city building to the development of language.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781529156171 |
| Publication date: |
30th May 2024 |
| Author: |
Cat Bohannon |
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Penguin (Cornerstone) an imprint of Cornerstone |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
512 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Popular Science
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Cat Bohannon Press Reviews
A smart, funny, scientific deep-dive into the power of a woman's body, Eve surprises, educates, and emboldens. Who runs the world? Girls! -- Bonnie Garmus, author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY
Such a rare book: scholarly, funny, accessible and very important. A truly original history of humans that explains so much of who we are today -- Chris van Tulleken, author of ULTRA-PROCESSED PEOPLE
Utterly fascinating. This book should revolutionise our understanding of human life. It is set to become a classic -- George Monbiot, author of REGENESIS
Eve was immeasurably useful to me in my life-long quest to understand my own body. I highly recommend it to anyone who is on the same journey. -- Hope Jahren, author of LAB GIRL and STORY OF MORE
Why do women live longer than men? Why are women more likely to get Alzheimer's? And what is it with this damn menopause? Ten years in the writing, this triumph of rigor and accessibility by a Columbia University researcher is a myth-busting look at how the female body has driven evolution over the past 200 million years, continuing to shape all our lives today. In short it's a brilliant book about breasts, and blood, and fat, and vaginas, and wombs...how they came to be and how we live with them now, no matter how weird or hilarious the truth is. -- Caroline Sanderson - The Bookseller, Editor's Choice
