In honor of Women’s History Month, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History (CMNH) will host researcher, scholar, and bestselling author Dr. Cat Bohannon on Wednesday, March 20 to discuss of her book, “Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Human Evolution.”

Bohannon will discuss how modern medicine, neurobiology, evolutionary biology, and feminism are all undermined when research focuses primarily on the male body.

Eve by Cat BohannonShe will invite attendees to reconsider traditional perspectives on womanhood and embrace a more nuanced understanding of female physiology and evolution. The group will discover why moving past the framework of the male norm in science, research, and business yields enormous benefits—not just for women, but for all humans.

“We’re honored to welcome Dr. Bohannon to the Cleveland Museum of Natural History, especially as we celebrate Women’s History Month this March,” CMHN president and CEO Sonia Winner said in a statement. “By bringing awareness to the importance of equality in science, medicine, and research, this lecture ties directly to the museum’s mission as we work to foster a healthy future for all.”

Bohannon earned her Ph.D. in the evolution of narrative and cognition in 2022 from Columbia University, and published her first book, “Eve,” in 2023. Her writing has appeared in “The Atlantic,” “Scientific American,” “Science,” “The Best American Nonrequired Reading,” “Lapham’s Quarterly,” “The Georgia Review,” and on “The Story Collider.”

Doors to the museum’s Murch Auditorium will open at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, and the lecture starts at 6:30 p.m. Bohannon will be available for a book signing at 7:30 p.m.

Drinks will be available at a cash bar, and dinner specials can be purchased in the museum’s Origins Café. Copies of “Eve” are available in the Museum Store.