Notes on Mitochondrial Eve

Mitochondrial Eve is the closest common ancestor to which all humans are related. She lived about 100,000 to 200,000 years ago and we can trace her DNA through female lines. It is neat to explore the implications of Mitochondrial Eve because she shows us that humans are a lot more related than we might initially think. We're not too different after all! It is very important for our understanding of human relations to realize that no matter how "different" people look, we're actually all related!

A reconstruction of how Mitochondrial Eve could have looked.

 Lakota Sioux Woman

South Korean Man Pakistani Man Australian Woman