I'm leaving this here as a reminder for myself to read through

Aug 15, 2026 6:11 PM

unwaver

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And for anyone it may interest

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC2877732/

MoonMoon89

Ah! The Squaresoft knowledge of my youth finally comes into play!

4 weeks ago | Likes 3 Dislikes 0

ghornby

There is a mitochondrial Adam as well, separated by a few million years.

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DJOldguy

Funny how we are in a patriarchal society, with everything passed through the male line, names, titles, property, wealth for absolutely generations, but our DNA reveals that we are actually matrilineal. Bet there's more than a few bruised egos now...

4 weeks ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

CrisprCAS

And still to this day, I have to deal with people who think it's literally Eve-from-the-Bible Eve.

4 weeks ago | Likes 15 Dislikes 0

PowerPedant

There's a pretty good SF short by Greg Egan using that subject: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitochondrial_Eve_(novelette)

4 weeks ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

JacobsJ52

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beez428

It's okay, Aya can handle it

4 weeks ago | Likes 8 Dislikes 0

KMSigma

Damn. Nice pull. I was waiting for it and wasn't let down.

4 weeks ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0