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The new nonfiction work examined how the female body shaped 200million years of human evolution, presenting the science as a usermanual for the female mammal.
Cat Bohannon will talk about her new book, Eve, which explores the development of the female body, from its ability to produce milk to why women menstruate.
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The new nonfiction work examined how the female body shaped 200million years of human evolution, presenting the science as a usermanual for the female mammal.
Cat Bohannon will talk about her new book, Eve, which explores the development of the female body, from its ability to produce milk to why women menstruate.
It's called Eve, how the female body drove 200 million years of human evolution. Bohannon says the movie scene points out a stark reality: for over a century, the female body has been left out of biological and medical research.
The book reads like a user's manual for the female mammal, taking us through the Jurassic era to modern day, exploring everything from why we menstruate to why we live longer.
Kat Bohannon is the author of the new book, Eve, How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution.