Cat Bohannon: Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution 

CPL and Illinois Science Council present a conversation with Cat Bohannon, PhD, author of Eve, one of CPL's Best Books of 2023.
How did the female body drive 200 million years of human evolution? Why do women live longer than men? Why are women more likely to get Alzheimer’s? Why do girls score better at every academic subject than boys until puberty, when suddenly their scores plummet? Is sexism useful for evolution? And why, seriously why, do women have to sweat through our sheets every night when we hit menopause?