Biblical Genetics

Did Eve Live in Southern Africa?

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Dr C discusses recent claims that the mother of every person alive on earth today lived in southern Africa, in what is now a vast desert. He points out several critical assumptions behind the conclusions and a couple of errors made by the researchers as they attempted to pinpoint the geographic location of the earliest humans.

Location: Kaw Point Park, Kansas City, Missouri

Main reference:

  • Chan et al. 2019 Human origins in a southern African palaeo-wetland and first migrations Nature 575(7781):185-189.

    • Popular-level articles:

    • Humans’ maternal ancestors may have arisen 200,000 years ago in southern Africa, ScienceNews.org, 28 Oct 2019
    • New study pinpoints the ancestral homeland of all humans alive today, ScienceAlert.com, 28 Oct 2019
    • Scientists think they found Mitochondrial Eve’s first homeland, LiveScience.com, 28 Oct 2019
    • Controversial new paper pinpoints where all modern humans arose, NationalGeographic.com, 28 Oct 2019

      • Other links:

      • The Lewis and Clark Expedition, 1803 to 1806 AD
      • Mitochondrial Haplogroup L0

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