The Demise of Mitochondrial Eve
The Demise of Mitochondrial Eve. Brad Harrub, Ph.D.
and Bert Thompson, Ph.D.
["Researchers of human origins believe that the ancestry of humans can be traced
by analyzing mutations of the DNA contained in the mitochondria of every cell...
The mitochondrial Eve idea is only valid if humans receive mtDNA only from the
mother and if the rate of mutation is constant and known. Since none of these
assumptions are known, the dating method may be invalid. Since recent research
indicates tha there is mixing of paternal and maternal mtDNA, no conclustion
about the rate or origin is reliable--mitochondrial Eve appears to be dead..."
]
Exposing Evolution. Second Ed.