[preacher]

From:
http://www.answers.com/topic/the-real-eve-film#ixzz1tTzBHNz7

The made-for-cable documentary film The Real Eve is predicated on the theory that the human race can be traced to a common ancestor. The mitochondrial DNA of one prehistoric woman, who lived in Africa, has according to this theory been passed down from generation to generation over a span of 150,000 years, supplying the "chemical energy" to all humankind. The film was assembled by Oxford-based tropical pediatrician Stephen Oppenheimer, author of The Peopling of the World; he appears on camera along with Dr. Nina Jablonski of the California Academy of Science. A coproduction of Britain's Granada Television and America's Discovery Channel, The Real Eve made its first U.S. cable appearance on April 21, 2002. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

[muawiyah]

Since that thesis became popular scientists have found mtDNA leakage ~ from the male side. No one knows how often it happens, or how significant it is, but over a long period of time it might be quite sigificant ~ or maybe not ~ or just not discussed because it calls into question the “Out of Africa” thesis ~ see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternal_mtDNA_transmission