All Human Beings Are Descendants of Adam

I may be wrong but my understanding of evolution does not contradict the statement: "All human beings are descendants of Adam."I shall explain why.
Evolutionists state that we are descendants of an ape-like ancestor. To further strengthen this, they claim that the chimps and human beings share a common ancestor. I will not go into the details of explicit calims like the DNA of human beings are 99 percent similar to that of the chimps. But I am not saying that any of this is wrong.Having said that, we also have done some tests, because of which we have found out that the existing population of the world are all decendants of a single human being -- the Mitochondrial Eve (ME). I am not saying that the ME is the real Eve (of the Bible). Nor am I denying that at this point. I just do not know.The common explanation of the ME is that the human population faced a bottleneck sometime in the past. And it is because of this bottle-necking that we have the ME. That is fine. I do not disagree with this either.What I am saying is that because we have something (or should I say someone?) like the ME, the statement: 'All human beings are descendants of Adam' is not false. Coming to think of it, it would be so difficult to argue in support of my statement if we do not have the ME.Now, many will not agree with my statement. But that is a different issue for i am not arguing to prove my statement. Nevertheless, evolution does not contradict my statement.
Am I wrong?I would like some insight into this and will appreciate all answers.
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Well, okay.
I agree.
So you mean evolution does confirm the fact that we are descendants of a single human being?

Well, I got your point.
So, if I revise may statement and say "We are all descendants of a single human being," does evolutionary evidence contradict my statement?

Could this not be due to something being wrong with the scientific methodology?Please, don't be too aggressive.
I am just trying to make a sound argument here.

PurpledawnMy bad.
But you are avoiding the answer

Mr Jack Thanks for the info.
Is this also the method they use to say that there is a Y-chromosomal Adam?

Dr AdequateYou are quick to jump into a 'reconciliation' story.
Having said that, you are also assuming that there are no flaws in the scientific method that arrives at these conclusions.
As far as I know, the scientific methods used to calculate the times of existence of ME and Y-chromosomal Adam are not 100 percent foolproof. There is a lot of margin for error. (More so than most other scientific calculations such as the age of the Earth, time of Big Bang, etc). Why then, are you so qiick to quip that reconciling the facts with the Bible would be kinda tricky?

HuntardYes.
But even "all the knowledge we have" today about ME and YcAdam cannot be considered sound knowledge. Isn't the knowldge we have about ME and YcA pretty primitive?

Dr AdequateJust curious ...
Is it (theoretically) possible to have two MEs even though we are all a single species?

jar Fine.
My point is, if we go further up the line, there will be another person who will be the great, great, great, ...... great, grandfather of YcA
No?

Mr Jack In that case, are you saying that we cannot trace the mitichondrial DNA or the Y-chromosome any further up?

Mr J Why not?
We may not be able to trace upto where sexual reproduction began.
But we might be able to trace more accurately upto the point where we became human?The present ME may not necessarily be this point. Thats my view.

What if Adam is a hypothetical human being and not the Biblical Adam?

Dr A ' I disagree.
ME is our most recent common ancestor. But depending on our methodology, we might be able to detect another ancestor who is our most recent common ancestor. This will in principle give us two MEs.
No?

Phage You have written a long answer.
But you have not understood my question.What I said was 'because we have someone like ME, my statement is not false.'If we do not have ME (or YcA for that matter), it would be hard to argue that we are descendants of a single being.Whether ME and YcA were of the same generation or not, is irrelevant here.