Eve (how The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years Of Human Evolution)

By (author) Bohannon, Cat
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN''S PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY TRIVEDI SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2024
FOYLE''S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
LONGLISTED FOR BLACKWELL''S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
ONE OF THE GUARDIAN''S BEST IDEAS BOOKS OF 2023
ONE OF THE TELEGRAPH''S FIFTY BEST BOOKS OF 2023
ONE OF PROSPECT''S BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2023
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''Funny and very important'' Chris van Tulleken, bestseling author of Ultra-Processed People

''Educates and emboldens'' Bonnie Garmus, bestselling author of Lessons in Chemistry

''Should revolutionise our understanding of human life'' George Monbiot, bestselling author of Regenesis

''A vast and revolutionary history of female evolution'' Sunday Times

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.

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A page-turning whistle-stop tour of mammalian development that begins in the Jurassic Era, Eve recasts the traditional story of evolutionary biology by placing women at its center . . . The book is engaging, playful, erudite, discursive and rich with detail
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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
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[Cat Bohannon] is revolutionising our understanding of the human body with her female-centric history of the species. A hugely ambitious piece of work, and one that doesn’t pull its punches . . . character and storytelling are clearly second nature to Bohannon . . . It''s a book that’s packed full of surprising revelations
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An epic combination of science and speculation that places women at the centre of history
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A smart, funny, scientific deep-dive into the power of a woman''s body, Eve surprises, educates, and emboldens. Who runs the world? Girls!
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A vast and revolutionary history of female evolution . . . [Eve] is a gripping, lyrical tale of female suffering, of remarkable resilience, of the lengths we will go to to survive and to protect our young. It makes being a woman seem truly extraordinary
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Utterly fascinating. This book should revolutionise our understanding of human life. It is set to become a classic
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I''m obsessed with EVE by Cat Bohannon. Riveting, jaw-dropping, hilarious, exciting, enraging and deeply, deeply refreshing. Bohannon presents cutting-edge science with glittering sensory detail, awe-inspiring story-telling, and a genius and often poetic turn of phrase. I will never forget her descripti