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An existence of a single-common father doesn't imply that there were no male humans alive before or at the time he lived. It's just that descendants of others h
by Vitaly 14y ago
An existence of a single-common father doesn't imply that there were no male humans alive before or at the time he lived. It's just that descendants of others haven't managed to pass the Y forward.
- simonh 14y agoExactly, the way I see it is that after many generations, his descendants became so widespread that everyone could trace him as an ancestor. Or more specifically they could trace him as an ancestor through the male line of descent.