Eve

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This landmark account challenges conventional views on human evolution, focusing on the female body and its crucial role over the past 200 million years. It poses essential questions: How has the female body influenced evolution? Why do women generally outlive men? What accounts for the disparity in academic performance between girls and boys? Is sexism beneficial for evolution? And what causes menopausal night sweats? With curiosity and wit, the author explores the science behind female development, arguing for a comprehensive understanding of female biology. This narrative serves as a user’s manual for the female mammal, offering a well-researched yet accessible examination of what it means to be biologically female. It emphasizes the need to include the female perspective in discussions of medicine, neurobiology, and evolutionary biology, asserting that neglecting this half of humanity compromises our understanding of these fields. The book seeks to illuminate the complexities of female anatomy and experiences—breasts, blood, fat, vaginas, and wombs—while providing a necessary corrective to a history that has largely centered on the male body. This work promises to reshape our understanding of evolution and the success of Homo sapiens.