“They can see when groups diverged, and they can see when those groups began swapping genes again”
I have a bridge to sell ya if you believe they can do this accurately.
You wouldn't argue if it didn't impact your religious belief
If Mitrocondial Eve is the mother of all these divergent groups might one speculate there was wife swapping to provide the gene swapping?
I guess the guys threw all their clubs in a pile and she went back to the batchelor cave with whichever guy owned the club she picked out.