[strategofr]

This theory is incorrect. All non-African humans are descendant from the same woman, called L1, who left Africa 80,000 years ago. All modern humans are descendant from a woman who has been named "Eve" who lived in Africa 250,000 years ago. This has been definitively proved via mitochondrial DNA analysis.

Correlative studies on Y chromosome inheritance, (a non-sexual process that traces the male line) match the mitochondrial DNA studies. L1's descendents spread out pretty quickly when the left Africa, covering the world. They have remained surprisingly stationary since.

[King Prout]

This theory is incorrect. All non-African humans are descendant from the same woman, called L1, who left Africa 80,000 years ago. All modern humans are descendant from a woman who has been named "Eve" who lived in Africa 250,000 years ago. This has been definitively proved via mitochondrial DNA analysis.

ABSOLUTELY INCORRECT.

You must bear in mind, all of "Eve's" female-descent relatives (her grammy, her sister, her matrilinial-descent 7th cousin 10x-removed) -I SAY AGAIN: ALL OF THEM- had the same mitochondrial DNA.

The mitochondrial analysis indicates we are related to "Eve"
The mitochondrial analysis CAN NOT indicate whether "Eve" had any offspring at all, let alone whether each and every modern human is descendant from such children.

Posting "discovery-channel" rubbish does not help us persuade people to reject ID/Creo rubbish.

[FastCoyote]

"This theory is incorrect. All non-African humans are descendant from the same woman, called L1, who left Africa 80,000 years ago. All modern humans are descendant from a woman who has been named "Eve" who lived in Africa 250,000 years ago. This has been definitively proved via mitochondrial DNA analysis.

Correlative studies on Y chromosome inheritance, (a non-sexual process that traces the male line) match the mitochondrial DNA studies. L1's descendents spread out pretty quickly when the left Africa, covering the world. They have remained surprisingly stationary since."

Insightful point, but making a huge outa-my-butt guess, I suspect they are saying that maybe both your theory AND diffusion theory can coexist. But that's what makes this so interesting, within ten years we will probably know.

[shuckmaster]

This theory is incorrect. All non-African humans are descendant from the same woman, called L1, who left Africa 80,000 years ago. All modern humans are descendant from a woman who has been named "Eve" who lived in Africa 250,000 years ago. This has been definitively proved via mitochondrial DNA analysis.

You've been reading Oppenheimer's "Real Eve". An excellent book/documentary that still leaves quite a few questions unanswered.