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Eve
- Author
- Cat Bohannon
- Narrator
- Cat Bohannon
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Publish Date
- 12 October 2023
- Run Time
- 15 hours 55 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Evolutionary anthropology / Human evolution, Gender studies: women and girls, Evolution / Evolutionary biology, Developmental biology, Social and cultural history, Anthropology
- Rating
- 4.3 (3 reviews)
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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.
©2023 Cat Bohannon (P)2023 Penguin Audio
Critics Review
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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
New York Times
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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
Chris van Tulleken, author of ULTRA-PROCESSED PEOPLE
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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
Guardian
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An epic combination of science and speculation that places women at the centre of history
Observer
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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!
Bonnie Garmus, author of LESSONS IN CHEMISTRY
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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
Sunday Times
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Utterly fascinating. This book should revolutionise our understanding of human life. It is set to become a classic
George Monbiot, author of REGENESIS
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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 description of animals as "essentially lumpy donuts filled with ocean." I loved the real talk about giving birth to live babies and the reality of gestation and motherhood. So clever, so necessary, so funny. Finally, Eve's story is here and Bohannon's remarkable and gripping telling will change the world
Lucy Jones, author of MATRESCENCE
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A rollicking, bollocking, subversive counter-history, telling at last the story of the human mainstream instead of (as other histories do) the male-edited, male-glorifying sidelines. And it does it all with forgiveness and good grace and great dollops of humour. Marvellous and downright necessary.
Charles Foster, author of CRY OF THE WILD
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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
User Reviews
Book 4.3
Narration 5.0
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5.0 5.0
An incredible book, I adore it
HollyHoovers 2024-10-14
Details
- Author
- Cat Bohannon
- Narrator
- Cat Bohannon
- Duration
- 15 hours 55 minutes
- Release Date
- 12 October 2023
- ISBN
- 9781529151404
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Cornerstone
- Genre
- Evolutionary anthropology / Human evolution, Gender studies: women and girls, Evolution / Evolutionary biology, Developmental biology, Social and cultural history, Anthropology
- Rating
- 4.3(3 reviews)
- Narration
- 5.0(3 reviews)
Synopsis
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.©2023 Cat Bohannon (P)2023 Penguin Audio
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