"An artist's impression of Mitochondrial Eve who probably lived in Africa, about 150,000 years ago." -- Wikipedia

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"Mitochondrial Eve"

The mother of us all?

see also:

"Out of Africa"
vs.
"Multi-Regional Hypothesis"

"Structure of a
generalized eukaryotic cell,
illustrating
the cell's
three-dimensional nature."

Tour of the Cell >
mitochondria
-- NSF

• Commentary: All About Eve, and Other Mothers -- NPR
  
  
• Fossil Hominids: mitochondrial DNA -- talkorigins.org
  
  
• Genetic "Adam" never met "Eve" -- BBC
  
  
• Misconceptions Around Mitochondrial Eve -- Alec MacAndrew
  
  
• Mitochondrial Eve -- An Explanation -- BBC
  
  
• Mitochondrial "Eve" Theory -- Different perspectives -- The Freeman Institute
  
  
• Neanderthals on Trial: Tracing Ancestry with MtDNA -- NOVA
  
  
• Tanzania, Ethiopia origin for humans -- Paul Rincon
  
  
• Y-Chromosome: Y and Mighty -- Kevin MacDonald
  
  
• Videos
  
  
  • Children of Eve (58 min., 1987, VC 961) -- a historical look at "Eve" and other important finds