Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: Windflier
Mitochondrial DNA evidence proves that Homo Sapiens did not exist before that date

No it doesn't. The common female and male ancestors don't need to exist at the same time. They just both have to be common to everyone alive today.

15 posted on 05/12/2018 5:54:55 PM PDT by Poison Pill
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies ]


To: Poison Pill

The genes of Homo Sapiens have 46 pairs of chromosomes, while all other primate species have 48. That fact indicates that modern humans are a separate species, distinct from all other primates.

Geneticists can use mitochondrial DNA to count the numbers of generations of any species, which yields an approximate date of genesis for that particular species.

Using this method, it’s been determined that all primate species are millions of years old. Not so for Homo Sapiens, whose mitochondrial DNA yields a figure of only 250,000 years at best.


22 posted on 05/12/2018 6:56:09 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 15 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson