Paradise lost: Mitochondrial eve refuted

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@Soul_Rocker1 @RoblovesJC I do find this funny! Did you hear that mitochondrial DNA is passed on paternally. So even just that being said it would be “mitochondrial Adam”. Nice try though. https://t.co/4J97z2VLYe

07 Jan 2024

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@opal_the_nymph Well, there’s no such thing as an eve gene. But mitochondrial eve was a theoretical person. https://t.co/jX5bx334fe However the study is over 30 years old and called into question by more recent science. https://t.co/fn0ecLR0ds

04 Jun 2021

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