According to a recent statistical analysis, all humans probably descend from one person who lived between 2,000-5,000 years ago, and all people who were alive 5,000-7,000 years ago whose lines did not die out are all ancesters to everyone now alive.
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My knowledge of statistics is far too limited to even begin to understand the analysis presented in the article, but the discussion is fascinating. It certainly gives the lie to any claim that any "race" is more advanced than any other, at least as far as any scientific discussion is concerned. Evolution doesn't proceed anywhere near the pace that would be required for there to be any but superficial differences between "races."
Adminnemooseus suggested that this topic belongs in Human Origins.
Edited by Adminnemooseus, : Added the "(re: Recent common ancestors to all living humans)" part to the topic title. I must file the original title under "cute but pretty worthless". It is my unrealized hopes that such topic titles get fixed before the topic is promoted out of the "Proposed New Topics" forum. I also don't understand why this topic wasn't promoted to the "Human Origins" forum.
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