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The author Cat Bohannon was a preteen in Atlanta in the 1980s when she saw the film “2001: A Space Odyssey” for the first time. As she took in its famous opening scene, in which a bunch of apes picks up a bunch of bones and quickly begins using them to hit each other, Bohannon was struck by the sheer maleness of the moment.
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Briefings
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Women In Human Evolution - 1st Edition - Lori Hager - Routledge Book
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Genes Linked to Self-Awareness in Modern Humans Were Less Common in Neandertals
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Why Women Get More Autoimmune Diseases Than Men - The Atlantic
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human evolution
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Briefings
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Visualized: The 4 Billion Year Path of Human Evolution
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Humans Evolved to Exercise
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What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?
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Sarah Lyall - Page 2 - The New York Times
Chona Kasinger on LinkedIn: Home Collections: The Things That Make Us
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Early humans lived in Ethiopian highlands 2 million years ago
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Putting Women at the Center of Human Evolution - The New York Times
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Cat Bohannon - Penguin Random House Speakers Bureau
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Putting Women at the Center of Human Evolution
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