Y Chromosome Adam and Mitochondrial Eve aren't the first human man and woman either, but they are real people whose Y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA have been passed down with modifications to every living male and female.
Hammer cautions against popular concepts of "mitochondriai Eve" or "
Y chromosome Adam" that suggest all of mankind descended from exactly one pair of humans that lived at a certain point in human evolution.
Hammer cautions against popular concepts of "mitochondrial Eve" or "
Y chromosome Adam" that suggest all of humankind descended from exactly one pair of humans that lived at a certain point in human evolution.