| Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution | |
| Author: | Cat Bohannon |
| Language: | English |
| Pub Date: | October 3, 2023 |
| Pages: | 624 |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House |
| Subject: | Human evolution |
| 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]
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] and was shortlisted for the 2024 Orwell Prize for Political Writing.[7]