Saturday, March 5, 2011
Mitochondrial Eve
In the field of human genetics, Mitochondrial Eve is a woman from whom all humans have descended from, on their mothers side all the way back to the beginning of time. All mitochondrial DNA in every living person is directly descended from her by definition. Mitochondrial Eve is estimated to have lived about 200,000 years ago in East Africa. It is said that all man kind started from this origin over 200,000 years ago. Mitochondrial Eve is so important to us because it shows the beginning of human life and how every human is genetically connected. All humans are related to each other rooting hundreds of thousands of years streaming back from ancestors. We are all connected to one another in the game of life.
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