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2007-04-09 06:56:30 · 29 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
You mean you're related to me?
2007-04-09 07:00:19 · answer #1 · answered by flowbabyflow 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I just bought and watched a great discovery channel DVD on this.
The real eve (genetic eve - the first modern human) from who we all descend was probablly from northern Africa. This is being born out by patterns and mutations in mitochondrial DNA, backed up with archaeological evidence. The show goes on to trail a number of the paths taken by modern humans.
It was a great "watch" to start some thinking (unfortunately it was late and I was also doing taxes so I need to re-watch)
2007-04-10 10:17:31 · answer #2 · answered by G's Random Thoughts 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The common ancestor came from earlier ancestors, all the way back to the first cell. At that point, evolution no longer plays a role. Cells did not 'evolve', they came into being via abiogensis.
You and I are both part of a single unbroken 3.5 BILLION year old chemical reaction.
2007-04-09 14:01:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
It depends upon how far back you go. It seems likely that life started from a random assembly of chemicals united by a spark and catalysed by other chemicals. There have been quite a few experiments made indicating that this is likely. No one has succeeded in creating any new life yet though.
2007-04-09 14:06:38 · answer #4 · answered by U-98 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The paleoanthropological community is currently engaged in a very heated debate about how, when and where modern humans originated. Multiregionalism defends the side that represents no single origin for modern humanity, whereas the 'Out of Africa' hypothesis states that humans originated in Africa and then slowly developed their modern forms in every area of the Old World some 200,000 years ago.
"The Out of Africa Hypothesis."
The female who contributed her mitochondrial DNA to the world as we know it today, was a member of a population of an estimated 10,000 individuals in Africa, all of whom were related to the founding population of modern humans; descendants of this population of various species of archaic sapiens and Homo erectus.
2007-04-09 14:12:16 · answer #5 · answered by The Happy Atheist 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
There have been hundreds of common ancestors...
Based on your last question, I assume you mean the common ancestor (concestor) between earlier apes and us. Well, they *all* came from earlier in the evolutionary trail, all the way back to the origin of life, some 3.7 billion years ago. (I've posted more detail lots of times... if you want more, email me.)
2007-04-09 13:59:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋
Somewhere outside of Newark.
2007-04-09 15:39:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From common aunt and uncle.
2007-04-09 14:21:13 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Obviously from its ancestors.
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2007-04-09 14:09:27 · answer #9 · answered by PaulCyp 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Noah, Adam and Eve.
2007-04-09 14:02:00 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bacterium named Bob
2007-04-09 13:59:42 · answer #11 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 3⤋