Eve

How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

By: Cat Bohannon

Narrated by: Cat Bohannon

An ambitious, eye-opening, myth-busting, and groundbreaking history of the evolution of the female body, by a brilliant new researcher and writer

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.

Picking up where Sapiens left off, Eve is a landmark book, offering a true paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is and why it matters.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2023 Cat Bohannon (P)2023 Random House Audio

Critic reviews

“For over a century and a half since Darwin, we have talked about the origin of man. But what about women? Marshaling considerable wit, scholarship, and cutting edge science Cat Bohannon traces the history and importance of female biology and, in the process, gives us a refreshing new view on the origin of humanity.”—Neil Shubin, University of Chicago biologist and author of Your Inner Fish

“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, best-selling author of Lab Girl and Story of More

“This book is almost fantastically interesting. Every few pages there would be some fact I didn't know or an idea that was new to me, and I would ask my wife if she knew, and she’d say, “What? You’re kidding! No!” and we'd end up talking for half an hour, and it would be midnight, and I'd only read 8 pages. So this book took a LONG time to read, but for the best possible reasons. Frankly, I’m writing this while I’m still on page 387, where Cat Bohannon talks about why sex feels good. I definitely plan to finish.” —Charles Mann, best-selling author of 1491

Learned more during 20 hours listening to Eve than years at Kroeber Hall

I am a better man for having listened to Eve, this book delivers and I highly recommend it to anyone looking to evolve

Eve:s story

This is a must read/ listen to book. Superbly narrated, it's a listening pleasure you won't want to interrupt. I found her voice, tone, inflections, humor and seriousness added tons of depth and meaning to her material. I learned a lot more than I expected! Surely, this title is on my repeat list!

the most amazing read!

Everything was amazing. The writing, the reading, the research!! This book has now been given as gifts to everyone I know.

Read with caution

Excellent investigative work. Very useful information. But the author directs all this beautifully acquired knowledge to her extreme feminist bias. As there were only an Eve and no Adam.
The essence of the evolution and the life itself is in the complementation of a man and a woman. We cannot tint the reality by our personal bias.
I have read many male authors on similar subjects and no one ever mentioned their manliness.
Great job, but it loses the reader’s attention when she tries to manipulate the facts to her advantage. Sad.

Covers All

This book is a gold mine. I listened to it on Audible a few nights, before going to sleep. . It covers everything about Woman from A-Z. if you have the patience to endure. And funny thing is it was recommended to me by a Man! Great read.

Fascinating

I never thought that a book about evolution could make me cry and laugh and be amazed. It’s not just about evolution it includes philosophy, humor and a love for humanity. Her voice is right on. I recommend to everyone this book. It will become a classic.

Rise of the matriarchy!

This book is highly informative and entertaining. I really enjoyed the narrator's delightful telling of her book.

🤯🤯

Every moment of this book was enjoyable. I learned so much and it was all presented in such a way that anyone would be able to understand. I now want to buy a physical copy of the book and write down all the notes and highlight all the sections that I loved.

Excellent and informative

I learned a great deal and feel empowered and more knowledgable. Narration was clear and well done. Research was impeccable. Highly recommend.

An essential rewrite of how humanity became human

I both learned a ton and saw familiar data in a new light thanks to this important and essential look at how humanity became. Thank you, Dr Bohannon, for writing this book.