Europa writes:
Very easily. Mitochondrial Eve would be one of the descendants of the population which included the first human. And she would, herself be part of a larger population.
Why is it we don't have the evidence for any of the other members of this population?
I mean why is it that we do not have more markers that can be traced to someone who lived during ME's time?
People have answered that time after time after time, but I will try once more.
ME looks at only one factor, one small factor in our genetic makeup.
It deals only with our mitochondrial lineage.
A few things about ME and her time. She had a mother who was still living, twenty six maiden sisters, one hundred and thirty two maiden aunts and six hundred and thirty maiden great aunts.
She also had twenty nine horny brothers, sixteen horny cousins and a blue brazillion kissin cousins.
The all lived in a big tent with a thick mattress on the floor.
Eve enjoyed life greatly. Her brothers enjoyed life greatly. Her cousins and kissin cousins enjoyed life greatly.
Her momma drew cave paintings showing Eve and her brothers and her cousins and her kissin cousins and charged three cowry shells for folk to dl them.
Eve's sisters and aunts had a booming business singing panties "Love and Kisses Eve" and selling them by the sea shore.
It was the best of times but often Eve secretly wished that her sisters and aunts weren't so butt ugly.
Are you with me so far?
Edited by jar, : appalin spallin
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