For His `Mitochondrial Eve' Research Allan C. Wilson, who used DNA to trace the origin of modern humans to a woman living 200,000 years ago, has received the 1991 3M Life Sciences Award, presented by ...

The DNA studies which have examined the most recent common ancestors for the human race along the Y-chromosome male line and the mitochondrial female line have drawn some fascinating responses which ...

Adam and Eve lived in Africa at the same time - but probably never met, scientists claim. It was previously believed that ‘Y-chromosomal Adam’ and ‘Mitochondrial Eve’ - the most recent common ...

It's a story that almost any Christian would be instantly familiar with. According to the Bible, Adam and Eve were the first ...