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But if a woman does have one, it’s more likely to burst, she’s less likely to get effective treatment and more likely to die. Bohannon's findings, including everything from the way C-sections in the industrialized world are rearranging women's pelvic shape to the surprising similarities between pus and breast milk, will completely change what you think you know about evolution and why Homo sapiens have become such a successful and dominant species, from tool use to city building to the development of language.

For far too long the discussion has been driven by men who often were (perhaps consciously, perhaps not) defending their privileges and power against any perceived threat. An illustration from Eve: ‘The more we know about women, from their ovaries to their aortas, the more we know about everybody. Maybe the nonhuman animals were praising him but, like most English speakers, he couldn't be bothered to learn another language. The general topic was really interesting and mostly it was written really well and was an easy read.Found it so interesting, breaking the subjects down into the individual ‘Eves’ and of course women’s bodies shouldn’t be treated the same as men’s. The author- for the most of the book- isn't pinning the sexes against one another and declaring which is best rather she's just explaining why the differences are present so that we can all understand why our bodies are uniquely suited to do what they do. Why do girls score better at every academic subject than boys until puberty, when suddenly their scores plummet? Washington, DC, 1948: Eleanor arrives in the city with ambition, hope and a past she’s trying her hardest to run from.

A] punchy and utterly compelling book , which not only traces the evolutionary paths of our male and female ancestors over the past 200 million years but also argues that the way female bodies changed during that time made us who we are today: mankind is essentially womankind.It is not o This should absolutely be read alongside popular male-focussed histories like Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens; he left out the bits about how the first cities were made possible by wet nurses. Forced to make the most heartbreaking decisions of their lives, will their choices save them… or be their undoing? Eve also suggests a new way of thinking about one’s body: as a thing of time, built on a foundation developed over millions of years .

Pregnancy is a perilous stress test on a mother’s organs and a struggle between maternal and infant needs, though “you don’t want the foetus to win or lose the war, because either way can kill you”.

It is a tremendous piece of writing that I don't always agree with but I'm so glad that I have read.