Ancient bodies, modern lives : how evolution has shaped women's health / Wenda Trevathan.

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010.

vii, 260 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Are we grown up yet? -- Vicious cycles -- Getting pregnant: why can't everyone just get along? -- Staying pregnant -- Welcome to the world -- The greasy, helpless one-hour-old human newborn -- Women are defined by their breasts -- But women are more than breasts -- If reproduction is what it's all about, why does it stop? -- What good are old women? quite a lot, thank you -- Implications for women's health in the 21st century--and preventing the epidemiological collision.

Includes bibliographical references and index.