[wai-ming]

If the mitochondrial DNA story is correct, then we all descend from a woman who lived in Africa 150,000 years ago

I thought we evolved from a group of ape-like ancestors, who evolved from reptiles, who evolved from one cell organisms.
Now they're saying that one woman was responsible for it all? So our ancestry time line is like an hour glass: Millions of years of evolution produced this woman, who through her progeny produced millions of us. Fascinating.

[Focault's Pendulum]

Millions of years of evolution produced this woman, who through her progeny produced millions of us. Fascinating.

Yes. But she had multiple partners. I always wondered where that term "the oldest profession" came from.

[Pietro]

"Now they're saying that one woman was responsible for it all?"

As long as scientists make this claim it's considered legitimate. Were a Christian to make the same claim he would be and is widely derided as a kook.

Interesting.

[powderhorn]

Now they're saying that one woman was responsible for it all?

No, that's an over-simple answer. They are referring to a set of bones from a female who died 80,000 years ago. There's no telling how many others were in her group because they haven't found the other bones. They really should be referring to "Lucy's group" rather than "Lucy."