Eve

How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

By: Cat Bohannon

Narrated by: Cat Bohannon

Brought to you by Penguin.

Why do women live longer than men? Why do women have menopause? Why are women more likely to get Alzheimer's? Why do girls score better at every academic subject than boys until puberty, when suddenly their scores plummet? And does the female brain really exist?

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.

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©2023 Cat Bohannon (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Critic 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)

Interesting and simultaneously bias!

This was a very interesting read, especially exploring the many aspects of sexism that exist. However, I do feel this book reinforces cultural biases of the Western world hidden under the mantle of, “research shows…”, without thoroughly investigating why. Simultaneously, the author went into great details about aspects of the animal kingdom to compare human evolution & behaviour.
Still an enjoyable performance from Cat Bohannon.

spectacular book

if you have ever liked Bill Bryson book "history of nearly everything", you will love this one as well.
if you like to understand why the hell woman (and man) does almost everything from evolutionary view, you will love this one.

it is really interesting to listen. the intonation is engaging. and i never get bored. and i am only half way through... and i can' t stop to listen to it.