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Cat Bohannan is a researcher and the author of the New York Times bestselling book, Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Years of Evolution. It is full of fascinating detours about how the female body came to be. Today, we get into some of my favorite tidbits.

We talk about how the historical lack of research on the female body has hurt women, men—really, everyone. And Cat shares some of the latest research on what has been learned about the female body. Like, how women tend to metabolize painkillers differently than men, and why the fat around our butts and hips is quite special.

Cat breaks down the evolutionary origins of breast size and shape, and she debunks the myth that men are much larger than women. She talks about how women tend to have a bit of a boost when it comes to endurance, and why we heal better and live longer than men. We talk about how we’re all harmed by stereotype threat. And what’s really at stake for our health and lives when it comes to understanding sex differences.

Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Years of Evolution

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