3 ms·
Right. Those are via different methods. "Mitochndrial eve" is via female line only - i.e. mother's mother's mother's mother etc. Similarly the Y-chromosome Adam
by SideburnsOfDoom 4y ago
Right. Those are via different methods. "Mitochndrial eve" is via female line only - i.e. mother's mother's mother's mother etc. Similarly the Y-chromosome Adam is via male line only. If we use both sides (e.g. mother's father's mother's father), then it's much closer.