'Mitochondrial Eve': Mother of All Humans Lived 200,000 Years Ago

ScienceDaily staff ^ | August 17, 2010 | materials provided by Rice U

[PLMerite]

“The ending to me was the biggest letdown of a TV show that I can ever remember.”

I liked the idea that some of the cylons were agents of God, but yeah, having the humans just give up at the end was a shame. It often strikes me that the plotlines for these shows aren’t well thought out. You’d think for all the money these writers get they’d do better.

[wally_bert]

Should have gotten some Brits on the writing staff.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

I will wait for the rebuttal and peer review.

I'll wait for the background checks on the scientists and reviewers.

[Omedalus]

Good point. It’s not necessary for them to have died out, but merely only bred with females from the mitochondrial Eve line. Presumably this was one highly attractive lady! :)

How exactly do mitochondria pass from the father? There’s not enough room in a sperm cell to fit a mitochondrion. (Not that I don’t believe you; I’m just curious about the mechanism by which it happens.)

[muawiyah]

Everybody is curious. The existence of the phenomenon is frequently mentioned.

[colorado tanker]

I suppose she had a girlish figure something like these:

[SunkenCiv]

“She had so many children her uterus fell out.” — Diceman