Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution
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| Author | Cat Bohannon |
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| Language | English |
| Subject | Human evolution |
| Publisher | Penguin Random House |
Publication date | October 3, 2023 |
| Pages | 624 |
| ISBN | 9780385350549 |
Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution is a 2023 non-fiction book about human evolution written by American scientist Cat Bohannon.
The book explores how women’s biology shaped human history and culture.[1] One claim in the book is that when it comes to biological and medical research and clinical drug trials women's bodies have long been overlooked because males have fewer "complicating" factors such as the estrous cycle.[2]
Awards and accolades
The book won Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year in December 2023.[3] In a review published in The Guardian, scientist Kate Womersley called the book "long overdue".[1] Writing for The New York Times, Sarah Lyall concluded the book was "engaging, playful, erudite, discursive and rich with detail".[4] In the same paper, Cindi Leive wrote in her review that the book "makes a powerful argument for the pivotal role female Homo sapiens have played in making us human".[5]
In October 2023 the book was listed on The New York Times Best Seller list.[6]
References
- ^ a b Womersley, Kate (October 10, 2023). "Eve by Cat Bohannon review – long overdue evolutionary account of women and their bodies". The Guardian.
- ^ Mosley, Tonya. "'Eve' author says medicine often ignores female bodies. 'We've been guinea pigs'". npr. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
- ^ "Foyles Books of the Year". Foyles. Retrieved December 3, 2023.
- ^ Lyall, Sarah (September 11, 2023). "Putting Women at the Center of Human Evolution". The New York Times. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- ^ Leive, Cindi (October 6, 2023). "It's a Woman's World. We're All Just Living in It". The New York Times. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
- ^ "Combined Print & E-Book Nonfiction". The New York Times. October 22, 2023. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
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