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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