[Old Professer]

The oldest male ancestor lived 100,000 years ago, while the oldest female ancestor lived 250,00 years ago; wouldn't that mean that those really old women wore out all but one man over the course of about 150,000 years?

I guess our Y-chromo granddad must have been the first feminist man, and all of our modern protestations must be pretension.

[blam]

"The oldest male ancestor lived 100,000 years ago, while the oldest female ancestor lived 250,00 years ago; wouldn't that mean that those really old women wore out all but one man over the course of about 150,000 years?"

Mungo Man VS Mitochrondial Eve