This week, Kate sits down with author Cat Bohannan to talk about her book Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution. This conversation takes you on a captivating journey through the intricacies of human evolution viewed through the stories our bodies have to tell - and the female body in particular. In this podcast, they explore elements of the book as well as exploring what it means to look at the narrative arc of female bodies through deep time. We look at how our evolution is a product of environment, culture, behaviors, context, and bodies exploring topics like menopause and menstruation, tool use, mating behaviors, and so much more. Cat shares a message of agency and empowerment and what it might mean to think about how the human species might evolve from here. 

Find Cat:

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution

X (Twitter): @catbohannon

Books Mentioned in the Podcast:

Ultra-Processed People by Chris van Tulleken

Skin: A Natural History by Nina Jablonsky 

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