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Author: Treleaven, Lou

Prehistory

Published on 8 May 2025 by Scholastic in the United Kingdom.

Hardback | 96 pages
282 x 232 x 15 | 762g

Everyone alive on the planet today can trace their ancestry

back to just one woman. But who would she have been? What

would her life have been like? And what has happened since for her

billions of descendants?

In an all-encompassing whistlestop tour through prehistory,

history, and on to the future,

Shevolution spans an extraordinary 200,000

years, tracing the life of the woman scientists call ‘Mitochondrial

Eve’ and following the journeys of the female pioneers who have

shaped us all.

Around the world, girls and women – who have ruled kingdoms,

governed empires and led pirates – have had to fight to

gain, and keep, basic human rights even into the 21st century.

Shevolution includes their stories, giving voice to the

unsung sheroes of our day.

Travel with us through early human history, first societies, ancient

cultures around the world, the rise (and fall) of empires,

featuring female leaders, the suffrage movement, the women’s rights

movement, intersectionality and … the fight to get pockets

back!

This beautifully illustrated book takes you on

a tour through women’s history around the world, featuring snapshots

of what life might have been like for our theoretical common

ancestor 200,000 years ago and for women and girls at key moments

since.

Did you know?

Recent ethnographic research proves that women (and children!)

weren’t just gatherers in hunt-gatherer societies.

Did you know?

New Zealand was the first country to give women the right to

vote in 1893. Tiny Liechtenstein held out until 1984.

A captivating and unique approach to non fiction, this is an important

read for all children who want to understand

the Shevolution of society.