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

Bohannon is an American scientist and researcher who studies human evolution. She graduated with a PhD in the evolution of narrative and cognition from Columbia University in 2022. Her work has appeared in multiple journals and magazines, including Scientific American, Science, The Best American Non-required Reading, and The Georgia Review. She currently lives with her husband, Kayur, and her two children, Leela and Pravin.

Throughout the book, she shares her knowledge about female human evolution and occasionally connects them with stories about her own experiences with menstruation, pregnancy, motherhood, and nursing. She does this to show how female evolutionary developments have persisted into modern humanity and how female individuals can connect so many of their traits back to the female ancestors discussed in the book. She also uses humor to lighten the mood and tone of the book and provide amusing commentaries on humanity’s ancestors to her audience. She is also passionate about informing others about the significance of female biology in human evolution, arguing that female adaptation to improve reproduction, innovation, and survival has always been at the center of evolution. She hopes that the examination of female human evolution will lead to a better understanding and further exploration of female human biology.