Carolee Schneemann

01The study used only mitochondrial DNA, which passes exclusively through mothers — 'Eve' had a contemporary male counterpart, 'Y-chromosomal Adam,' who lived roughly 60,000 years later.
02The name 'Mitochondrial Eve' was coined by journalist James Wainscoat, not the scientists; lead author Allan Wilson publicly disliked it.
03Eve was not the only woman alive at the time — she was simply the last woman whose unbroken maternal line survives today.

A thermite mixture using iron(III) oxide

During a 1975 performance, Carolee Schneemann reached into her vagina, extracted a long paper scroll, and read it aloud as feminist art theory. The scroll was titled 'Interior Scroll.' What does it mean when the body becomes its own library?