Mitochondrial Eve - in Popular Science

In Popular Science

  • Newsweek reported on Mitochondrial Eve based on the Cann et al. study in January 1988, under a heading of "Scientists Explore a Controversial Theory About Man's Origins". The edition sold a record number of copies.
  • The Seven Daughters of Eve presents the theory of human mitochondrial genetics to a general audience.
  • In River Out of Eden, Richard Dawkins discusses human ancestry in the context of a river of genes and shows that Mitochondrial Eve is one of the many common ancestors we can trace back to via different gene pathways.
  • The Discovery Channel produced a documentary entitled The Real Eve: 6 Billion People ... from ONE Woman (or Where We Came From in the United Kingdom), based on the book The Real Eve: Modern Man's Journey Out of Africa by Stephen Oppenheimer.

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