The scientists behind Mitochondrial Eve tell us about the “lucky mother” who changed human evolution forever
This month marks the 25th anniversary of the discovery of Mitochondrial Eve, a common ancestor of all humanity who helped rewrite the story of human evolution. In honor of this anniversary, we talked to the scientists who started it all. https://gizmodo.com/how-mitochondrial-eve-connected-all-humanity-and-rewrot-5878996 The original paper, “Mitochondrial DNA and Human Evolution”, appeared in the January 1987 issue…
