In reality, a mitochondrial Eve is not the first female of a species, but merely the most recent female historically from which all living animals of a species can trace their ancestry.

So, while researchers may now be closer to pinpointing the little Eden where mitochondrial Eve started her family, it's still too early to say we've all found our homeland.

"Mitochondrial Eve," as she is called, lived about 200,000 years ago - probably somewhere in Africa, according to Marek Kimmel, professor of statistics at Rice and co-author of a study in the ...

Humanity was genetically divided for as much as 100,000 years, according to new findings. Climate change, reduction in populations and harsh conditions may have caused and maintained the separation.

Enter Mitochondrial Eve, who was first identified nearly 20 years ago by researchers at UC Berkeley. They linked her to the still controversial “out-of-Africa” theory, which holds that all ...

Mitochondrial Eve is our grandmother, and she is weeping. She says, please, please, you are all my children as she places her aged, lined face in her hands.

According to di Bible, Eve na di first woman in history and, together wit Adam, na from him all human come from.