Beginnings: How Pregnancy, Birth, and Motherhood Shaped Our Species

Eve meets Who We Are and How We Got Here in this exciting new examination of human evolution that puts motherhood at the center of the story.

Seven million years ago, a pregnant, apelike ancestor to the whole of our species found a secluded space on the forest floor and began her labor. An hour or two later, her baby emerged into the world, alert and able to hold on to their mother’s fur within minutes.

This very moment, a modern human is welcoming her baby into her arms after hours of labor...