Eve Adapted for Young Adults, Cat Bohannon
Eve Adapted for Young Adults, Cat Bohannon
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Eve (Adapted for Young Adults)
How the Female Body Shaped Human Evolution

Author: Cat Bohannon

Narrator: Cat Bohannon

Unabridged: 14 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/25/2025

Synopsis

The groundbreaking New York Times bestseller is now adapted for young adults!  This is the 200-million-year story of how the female body gave rise to the human species and forever shaped life on Earth and what that means for us in the future.

Why do women live longer than men? Why do girls score better at every academic subject than boys until puberty, when suddenly their scores plummet? Is the female brain "wired differently?" These questions and common debates around scientific claims are thoughtfully examined in this adaptation perfect for young people.

This brand-new adaptation is a friendly, funny, and engaging read. It explores teen related topics such as mental health and the biology behind it, including insights on how adolescent brains are going through all kinds of changes, and shifting hormones. Author Cat Bohannon explains the roots of sexism and shows how, though it may have even served some evolutionary purpose long ago, it no longer serves us today, and it’s high time we leave it in the past.

Filled with amazing stories of both past and present, Eve will delight any young reader looking to understand the body—its amazing history, its wondrous capability, its oddities and mysteries, and its relevance to so many issues captivating contemporary thought and discussion.

About The Author

Cat Bohannon is a researcher and author with a Ph.D. from Columbia University in the evolution of narrative and cognition. Her essays and poems have appeared in Scientific American, Mind, Science Magazine, The Best American Nonrequired Reading, The Georgia Review, The Story Collider, and Poets Against the War. She lives with her family in Seattle.

Reviews

Goodreads review by YSBR on March 31, 2025

In this adaptation, young readers can access a slightly shorter version of Bohannon’s 2023 bestseller about evolutionary biology. In a conversational and entertaining voice, the author presents her argument that the understudied female body, rather than the male, has played a greater role in human e......more

Goodreads review by Ashley on December 06, 2024

After pushing Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution on any and every person who would listen, I was ecstatic to see a young adults adaptation was going to be published. With Eve, my recommendation always came with the caveat that while it's certainly long, it's well wort......more

Goodreads review by JessOfAwesome on February 02, 2025

This is a good book with lots of valuable information and rare study into the female body. This combines scientific, religious, and medical studies in a way that, no matter which you value more, you still get the others. The information is not contraditive and has a point in each part of the book. I......more

Goodreads review by H. on January 11, 2025

There’s a lot of information in this book. But, it would be wildly inappropriate to have in a classroom, unless maybe you’re a health teacher? I’d still use it for reference and not put it on a student shelf. There’s a lot of evolutionary biology here, too. It’s not the easiest reading, I know this......more

Quotes

"[A] thoughtful examination of gendered bodies that will be of interest to readers interested in the intersection of science and social attitudes. A powerful if somewhat overstuffed look at the science of female bodies." —Kirkus Reviews

"Will....resonate with those eager to understand their bodies, minds, and place in time." —Booklist

"This will intrigue high school students with an interest in the natural sciences or who just want to know the answers to essential questions of human biology." —School Library Journal

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