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Eve: 200 million years of the female role in procreation

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Painting 'The Fall of Man' (1616), depicting naked Adam and Eve in Eden, by Hendrick Goltzius 
What role did female bodies play in getting mankind to where it is today?

In the beginning, there was Adam and Eve. This is where humans and their reproduction systems began, fully formed and ready to go. So says the big book anyway.

However, author and researcher Cat Bohannon has other ideas about who Eve is and how her body contributed to the continuation of humanity. 

So, did the Bloodhound Gang get it right when they famously sang ‘You and me baby ain't nothing but mammals’?

Guest: Cat Bohannon, author ‘Eve: How The Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution'

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